ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,218, issued on May 27, was assigned to ANPEC ELECTRONICS Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Power converter having charge pump frequency switching control mechanism" was invented by Kun-Min Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power converter having a charge pump frequency switching control mechanism is provided. In the power converter, frequencies of a plurality of pulse waves of a clock signal are determined, according to a level of a high-side control signal outputted to a control terminal of a high-side switch from a control circuit or a voltage of the control terminal (and a voltage of a second terminal) of the high-sid...