US Patent Issued to Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems on May 27 for "Bi-directional voltage converter for high power applications" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,234, issued on May 27, was assigned to Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co. Ltd. (Sichuan, China).

"Bi-directional voltage converter for high power applications" was invented by Rui Wang (Chengdu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bi-directional voltage converter having a first switch, a second switch, an inductor, a third switch, a fourth switch and a fifth switch connected in parallel with the third switch. The first switch is connected between an input terminal and a first switching terminal, the second switch is connected between the first switching terminal and a reference ground, the inductor is connected between the first...