ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,497, issued on July 14, was assigned to Cirrus Logic Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Power converter circuitry" was invented by Alastair M. Boomer (Edinburgh, Great Britain), John B. Bowlerwell (Dunfermline, Great Britain), James Munger (Austin, Texas) and Andrew J. Howlett (Edinburgh, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to power converter circuitry, and in particular to power converter circuitry for providing a supply voltage to a load such as amplifier circuitry. In one aspect the invention provides a system comprising: amplifier circuitry; and power converter circuitry for receiving a supply voltage ...