ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,792, issued on June 16, was assigned to SANKEN ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Niiza, Japan).
"Semiconductor apparatus having half-wave rectifier LLC converter" was invented by Shinji Aso (Niiza, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first series circuit includes a main switch and a resonant switch. A second series circuit includes a primary winding and a resonant capacitor. A transformer includes the primary winding and a secondary winding. A controller controls the main switch and the resonant switch. A rectifier smoothing circuit rectifies and smoothes a voltage in the secondary winding. An output voltage detector detects an output voltage of...