US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on Aug. 25 for "Time-based converter apparatus and corresponding method" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,351, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Time-based converter apparatus and corresponding method" was invented by Alessandro Bertolini (Vermiglio, Italy), Germano Nicollini (Piacenza, Italy), Alessandro Gasparini (Cusano Milanino, Italy), Alberto Brunero (Cusano Milanino, Italy) and Alberto Cattani (Cislago, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A time-based DC-DC converter is controlled in response to a first oscillator signal based on a first control signal, a second oscillator signal based on a second control signal and a controlled current based on a feedback control signal. The firs...