US Patent Issued to Rohm on June 30 for "Power-supply control apparatus, switched-mode power supply, and vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,329, issued on June 30, was assigned to Rohm Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Power-supply control apparatus, switched-mode power supply, and vehicle" was invented by Kiyoshi Kansaku (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power-supply control apparatus includes a controller that is configured to perform duty control on a switch device which forms an output stage of a switched-mode power supply which is configured to generate an output voltage from an input voltage. The controller has an OFF-skip function to skip cyclic OFF transitions of the switch device. The controller keeps the switch device turned ON by ignoring a reset signal b...