ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,970, issued on June 9, was assigned to MITSUMI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Switching power supply device and power control semiconductor device" was invented by Satoshi Arima (Isehara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching power supply includes a transformer, a switching element connected to the primary-side winding, a power control semiconductor device that outputs a signal for performing ON/OFF control of the switching element, and a current-voltage conversion element connected to the switching element. The semiconductor device includes: a first terminal that receives a voltage/current corresponding to an output from the ...