ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,472, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Solaredge Technologies Ltd. (Herzeliya, Israel).

"Multilevel converter circuit and method" was invented by Meir Gazit (Ashkelon, Israel) and Menashe Walsh (Modi'in Illit, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power conversion system includes a first converter configured to convert an input voltage into discrete voltage levels, and provide each discrete voltage level at a corresponding output terminal. The power conversion system further includes a second converter configured to convert the voltages into modulated voltages. The power conversion system further includes a selection unit configur...