ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,447, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY (Hangzhou, China).
"Switched-capacitor type modular direct-current power supply with a high step-down ratio" was invented by Chushan Li (Zhejiang, China), Wuhua Li (Zhejiang, China), Shengdao Ren (Zhejiang, China), Chengmin Li (Zhejiang, China), Lin Zhu (Zhejiang, China), Jing Sheng (Zhejiang, China) and Xiangning He (Zhejiang, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switched-capacitor type modular direct-current power supply with a high step-down ratio includes an upper modular cascade circuit string and/or a lower modular cascade circuit string, a load, and an input source....