ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,293, issued on July 21, was assigned to Renesas Design (UK) Ltd. (Bourne End, Great Britain).
"Single inductor multiple output regulator" was invented by Miroslav Hukel (Alling, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage regulator is described. The voltage regulator may comprise a first switch, an inductor, and a second switch coupled in series between the input port and a reference voltage port; at least one negative output rail coupled between a first intermediate node and a respective output port, where the first intermediate node is arranged between the first switch and the inductor; a capacitive element coupled between a s...