ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,556, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Rectifier control with adaptive turn-off" was invented by Jim Le (Fort Collins, Colo.), John Walley (Ladera Ranch, Calif.) and Marc Keppler (Windsor, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rectifier includes digital timers to control FET switching rather than direct measurement of current and/or voltage. The digital timers control turn-off time to compensate for a delay produced by comparators in the rectifier. The digital timers are adjusted over multiple cycles to arrive at a turn-off time that produces zero current turn-off. The di...