US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on May 12 for "Bootstrap recharge system in dual-switch flyback converters" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,237, issued on May 12, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Bootstrap recharge system in dual-switch flyback converters" was invented by Claudio Adragna (Monza, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, a converter includes a bootstrap capacitor, a high-side switch, a low-side switch, an auxiliary switch, and a controller. The bootstrap capacitor has a first terminal coupled to a floating ground node. The high-side switch has a source terminal coupled to the bootstrap capacitor through the floating ground node. The auxiliary switch has a drain terminal coupled to the bootstrap capacit...