US Patent Issued to STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC on June 16 for "Method to maintain synchronous rectification at light loads" (Singaporean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,819, issued on June 16, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD (Singapore).

"Method to maintain synchronous rectification at light loads" was invented by Kien Beng Tan (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a synchronous rectifier and a battery. The synchronous rectifier outputs a charging current to the battery. The electronic device includes rectifier controller that adjusts a resistance of a switch of the rectifier based on a magnitude of the charging current."

The patent was filed on Oct. 28, 2021, under Application No. 17/513,570.

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