ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,643, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG (Munich).

"Modular power supply, module designed therefor, and power supply method" was invented by Philipp Weigell (Baierbrunn, Germany) and Sascha Kunisch (Haibach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular power supply comprises a primary power supply module comprising a primary control unit and a primary feedback control loop for an electrical characteristic of the electrical power supplied at its output terminals, and at least one secondary power supply module, each of which comprising a respective independent secondary feedback control loop for an elec...