US Patent Issued to Amber Semiconductor on July 15 for "Controlling AC power to inductive loads" (Utah, California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,646, issued on July 15, was assigned to Amber Semiconductor Inc. (Dublin, Calif.).

"Controlling AC power to inductive loads" was invented by Damon Matthew Baker (Elsinore, Utah), Kenneth Darrell Alton (Austin, Texas) and Mark Telefus (Orinda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are provided for controlling alternating current (AC) power which is supplied to an inductive load by an AC switch. For example, the AC power is controlled by a process which comprises detecting zero-voltage crossings of an AC voltage waveform of the AC power, monitoring a load voltage to detect for a presence of inductive flyback voltage when the...