ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,802, issued on June 16, was assigned to Rohm Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Control circuit and DC/DC converter" was invented by Misaki Kozaka (Kyoto, Japan), Tadashi Akaho (Kyoto, Japan), Kazuma Fukatani (Kyoto, Japan) and Yasuto Yoshioka (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control circuit configured to be capable of controlling a DC/DC converter includes: a switching controller configured to be capable of controlling an output circuit of the DC/DC converter in a continuous mode where the output circuit is continuously operated and a discontinuous mode where an idle period is set, wherein the switching controller includes: a f...