ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,899, issued on April 7, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Switching amplifier" was invented by Yoshikatsu Jingu (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention increases the output voltage of a switching amplifier in a situation where the power supply voltage is limited. The switching amplifier includes first and second switches that are turned on and off in a complementary manner, and a capacitance, both ends of which serve as inputs to a power combiner. Both ends of the capacitance are connected to output ends of the first and second switches. The capacitance is supplied wi...