US Patent Issued to POWER INTEGRATIONS on Oct. 20 for "Power converter controller with branch switch" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,254, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to POWER INTEGRATIONS INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Power converter controller with branch switch" was invented by Antonius Jacobus Johannes Werner (Cambridge, Great Britain), Arthur B. Odell (Morgan Hill, Calif.) and Giao Minh Pham (Milpitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller for a power converter comprising a driver configured to provide a drive signal to control a power switch, wherein the power switch includes a first switch and a second switch, and a terminal configured to receive operating power for the controller. The controller comprises a branch switch coupled to the second s...