US Patent Issued to CIRRUS LOGIC on July 15 for "Power conversion by a phase-controlled cascade of an inductor-based power supply and a charge pump" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,645, issued on July 15, was assigned to CIRRUS LOGIC INC. (Austin, Texas).

"Power conversion by a phase-controlled cascade of an inductor-based power supply and a charge pump" was invented by John L Melanson (Austin, Texas) and Eric J. King (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cascaded switched power converter provides a wide voltage conversion ratio and improved efficiency ins systems such as power supplies and amplifiers. A switched-capacitor charge pump circuit is operated by one or more first clock signals and is coupled in cascade with an inductor-based power supply circuit according to one or more second clock signal...