ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,224, issued on May 27, was assigned to ACER Inc. (New Taipei, Taiwan).
"Boost converter with fast discharge function" was invented by Tzu-Tseng Chan (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boost converter with the fast discharge function includes a bridge rectifier, a boost inductor, a power switch element, an output stage circuit, a detection and control circuit, a discharge circuit, and an MCU (Microcontroller Unit). The bridge rectifier generates a rectified voltage according to a first input voltage and a second input voltage. The boost inductor receives the rectified voltage. The power switch element selectively cou...