US Patent Issued to Analog Devices on March 18 for "Soft-switching modulation for active clamped phase-shift full-bridge converter" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,523, issued on March 18, was assigned to Analog Devices Inc. (Wilmington, Mass.).

"Soft-switching modulation for active clamped phase-shift full-bridge converter" was invented by Siyuan Chen (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Michael George Negrete (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soft-switching Phase-Shift Full-Bridge (PSFB) converter system may include a transformer comprising a primary side and a secondary side. Phase-leading circuitry and phase-lagging circuitry may be located on the primary side of the transformer. The phase leading a phase lagging circuitry may include one or more bridge switches. The system may furt...