US Patent Issued to Sharp on Sept. 23 for "Control circuit using IC, 3-terminal capacitor, and components in a power supply device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,152, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Control circuit using IC, 3-terminal capacitor, and components in a power supply device" was invented by Takeshi Shiomi (Sakai, Japan) and Kentaro Kishira (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control circuit formed on a PCB includes an IC, a 3-terminal capacitor, and a first component. The IC has a structure where four or more terminals are arranged on one side of the IC, the 3-terminal capacitor includes a feedthrough electrode and a reference electrode, and the first component has one end and another end. The first wire is wired in a direction along the...