ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,347, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to ADVANTEST Corp. (Tokyo).

"Power supply apparatus" was invented by Takahiko Shimizu (Tokyo) and Shoichiro Imai (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Power supply units of multiple channels each include an output stage that generates an output voltage across positive/negative outputs OUTP and OUTN, and a voltage detector that generates a voltage detection signal that indicates the output voltage. A feedback signal generating unit of the power supply unit of a master channel that is one of the multiple channels receives voltage detection signals from the power supply units of the remaining multipl...