ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,810, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ADVANTEST Corp. (Tokyo).
"Power supply device" was invented by Takahiko Shimizu (Tokyo) and Shoichiro Imai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply apparatus includes multiple channels of power supply units coupled in a stack connection. Each power supply unit includes an output stage configured to generate an output voltage across a positive output and a negative output according to a control signal. A current detector of a master channel generates a current detection signal that indicates an output current of the output stage. A feedback controller generates the control signal suc...