US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on Sept. 8 for "Automatic reverse current adjustment in an active clamp flyback converter" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,114, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Automatic reverse current adjustment in an active clamp flyback converter" was invented by Claudio Adragna (Monza, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, a method is proposed that includes sensing a reverse current through a main switch of an active clamp flyback (ACF) converter. The ACF converter includes a flyback transformer and an auxiliary switch. The method further includes determining whether a sense voltage corresponding to the reverse current exceeds a threshold; decreasing a duration for the reverse current by ...