ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,291, issued on July 8, was assigned to ANPEC ELECTRONICS Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Switching charger capable of accurately sensing small current" was invented by Chih-Ning Chen (Taipei, Taiwan) and Chih-Heng Su (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching charger for accurately sensing a small current is provided. First terminals of first transistors and a second transistor are coupled to a system voltage. Second terminals of the first transistors and a first input terminal of an operational amplifier are connected to a battery. A first terminal of a third transistor is connected to a second terminal of the second trans...