US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on Sept. 22 for "Valley current mode control for a voltage converter" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,460, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Valley current mode control for a voltage converter" was invented by Hakan Oner (San Jose, Calif.) and Tawen Mei (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching regulator includes a first transistor having a control input and the first transistor is coupled to an input voltage terminal. The regulator includes a second transistor having a control input. The second transistor is coupled to the first transistor at a switch terminal and to a ground terminal. The regulator also includes a controller coupled to the control inputs of the first and seco...