US Patent Issued to FUJI ELECTRIC on Oct. 14 for "Switching control circuit and power supply circuit" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,057, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to FUJI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Switching control circuit and power supply circuit" was invented by Nobuyuki Hiasa (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching control circuit for a power supply circuit generating an output voltage from an AC voltage. The power supply circuit includes an inductor receiving a first rectified voltage corresponding to the AC voltage, and a transistor controlling an inductor current flowing through the inductor. The switching control circuit controls switching of the transistor, and comprises: an identification circuit identifying whether...