ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,266, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"DC/DC converter, electronic module, and electronic apparatus" was invented by Hiroyuki Yamaguchi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A DC/DC converter includes: multiple channels each including a switching circuit and an inductor; an output line having one end connected to the other end of the inductors of the multiple channels and the other end connected to a load; and a controller. The multiple channels include first to third channels, and the inductors of the first and second channels have a larger inductance value than the inductor of the third channel. When...