ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,323, issued on March 24, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Power supply driver with power saving circuitry" was invented by Han Zou (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiphase power supply including a controller and phases can respond to a drop in load level by reducing, changing, or disabling the functions of some circuits within the active phase during these conditions. Estimating these conditions, however, may be difficult for a controller when the communication between the controller and the phase is limited. The disclosure describes an active phase that estimates a sta...