ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,360, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Infineon Technologies Austria AG (Villach, Austria).
"Power converter with multi-tapped autotransformer" was invented by Roberto Rizzolatti (Villach, Austria) and Mario Ursino (Villach, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power converter includes an autotransformer, first switches, and second switches. The autotransformer includes multiple windings. The first switches are coupled between an input node and an output node of the power converter. The second switches are coupled between a reference potential and the output node. Yet further, the first switches are operable to control switching...