US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on Aug. 25 for "Power supply device including voltage boosting circuit" (Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,352, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Power supply device including voltage boosting circuit" was invented by Geoffrey Jason Shew (Redmond, Wash.), Chee Kiong Fong (Saratoga, Calif.), Suet Fong Tin (Redmond, Wash.) and Michael Roy Volkman (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples are disclosed that relate to a power supply device having improved power efficiency. In one example, a power supply device includes an electrical power interface configured to receive electrical power from a power source. A power factor correction (PFC) circuit is configured to increase a voltage...