ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,713,505, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany).
"Adaptive universal LED bypass" was invented by Riccardo Zuin (Saonara, Italy) and Anastasia Ioannidou (Padua, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic circuit is presented. The electronic circuit is configured for being connected to at least one LED (light emitting diode) and at least one driver circuit. The driver circuit is configured for providing a driver current ID. The electronic circuit comprises: a bypass circuit configured for bypassing at least a portion of ID around the LED; and a detection circuit defining a threshold voltage...