US Patent Issued to Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives on Dec. 16 for "Electronic device and method for controlling with an additional degree of freedom an electrical energy converter comprising a piezoelectric element, related electronic system for converting electrical energy" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,526, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives (Paris).

"Electronic device and method for controlling with an additional degree of freedom an electrical energy converter comprising a piezoelectric element, related electronic system for converting electrical energy" was invented by Ghislain Despesse (Grenoble, France) and Mustapha Touhami (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This control device is configured to control a converter comprising a piezoelectric element and several switches, and capable of delivering N output voltage(s) from of E input voltage(s), Eless th...