ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,695, issued on July 28, was assigned to MediaTek Inc. (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

"Electronic system using a power regulator with reduced inrush current" was invented by Chih-Chien Huang (Hsinchu City, Taiwan) and Ming-Chiang Ting (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic system using a power regulator with reduced inrush current is shown. An output capacitance device that is coupled between the power regulator and the load has a first capacitor and a second capacitor. When the power regulator is in the first power mode, the first capacitor and the second capacitor are both coupled to the power regulator. When th...