ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,920, issued on April 7, was assigned to uPI Semiconductor Corp. (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

"Power switch circuit" was invented by Chia Lung Wu (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power switch circuit is provided. The power switch circuit includes a power switch, a sensing circuit, a selecting circuit and a modulating circuit. The power switch has an output terminal for providing an output voltage and an output current. The sensing circuit is coupled to the power switch, senses the output current and outputs a current sensing signal. The selecting circuit is respectively coupled to the output terminal and the sensi...