ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,224,676, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to ARK MICROELECTRONIC CORP. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Flyback converter providing accurate synchronous rectification and method of controlling the same" was invented by Yi-Lun Shen (Taipei, Taiwan) and Yu-Yun Huang (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A synchronized rectification control method for use in a flyback converter is provided. The flyback converter includes a transformer including a secondary winding, a synchronous rectifier switch and a synchronous rectifier controller. The synchronous rectifier switch is coupled to the secondary winding and the synchronous rectifier control...