ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,669, issued on July 15, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Multi-phase power converter with external driver" was invented by Debashish Mahapatra (Swindon, Great Britain), Vincenzo Bisogno (Swindon, Great Britain), Francesco Griseta (Swindon, Great Britain) and Sarfraz Shaikh (Swindon, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power converter circuit included in a computer system that regulated a power supply voltage used by other circuits in the computer system. The power converter includes a primary control circuit that selectively activates multiple phase circuits coupled to respective driver circuits, which are ...