ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,214, issued on May 12, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Series-parallel switching method and apparatus, power conversion circuit, and electronic device" was invented by Meng Wu (Ningde, China), Guiying Lin (Ningde, China) and Jinfeng Gao (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A series-parallel switching method and apparatus, a power conversion circuit, and an electronic device are provided. The power conversion circuit includes a control unit and two power conversion modules. The two power conversion modules are connected in series or connected in parallel. Either of the power conve...