ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,992, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

"Digital DC-DC voltage conversion apparatus and electronic device using the same" was invented by Yeh-Tai Hung (Zhubei City, Taiwan) and Chung Ming Hsieh (Zhubei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital DC-DC voltage conversion apparatus is used to convert an input voltage into an output voltage for a digital core circuit and generate an output current for the digital core circuit. The digital DC-DC voltage conversion apparatus includes a direct charging path current supply unit. The direct charging path current supply unit include...