ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,881, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co. Ltd. (Sichuan, China).

"Non-audible switching converter and control method thereof" was invented by Kangle Wang (Chengdu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control circuit used in a switching converter. The switching converter has a switching circuit and provides an output voltage at an output terminal. The control circuit includes a switch control circuit and a dummy load control circuit. The switch control circuit receives a feedback voltage signal indicative of the output voltage and generates a switch control signal to control a switch of the switch...