ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,350, issued on July 8, was assigned to ANPEC ELECTRONICS Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Power switch circuit" was invented by Shih-Chung Wei (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power switch circuit of adaptively limiting a current is provided. The power switch circuit includes a current sensing resistor, a power switch, a charge pump and an adaptive current limiting circuit. A first terminal of the current sensing resistor is coupled to an input voltage. A first terminal of the power switch is connected to a second terminal of the current sensing resistor. A second terminal of the power switch is connected to a first terminal...