ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,709, issued on March 24, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"System and method for reducing power losses for magnetics integrated in a printed circuit board" was invented by Gennadi Sizov (Shorewood, Wis.), Zoran Vrankovic (Greenfield, Wis.) and Gary L. Skibinski (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for integrating a magnetic component within a power converter includes a coil integrated on a PCB. The PCB includes multiple layers and traces on each layer to form a single coil or to form multiple coils on the magnetic component. The PCB further includes at least one...