ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,423, issued on June 24, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Switching circuit and power supply device" was invented by Yuan Yao (Ningde, China), Zhimin Dan (Ningde, China), Meng Li (Ningde, China) and Yu Yan (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching circuit includes a switching transistor, a metal unit, and a branch. The metal unit is provided at the switching transistor, and the branch is electrically connected between a ground and at least one of the switching transistor or between the metal unit. The branch includes a capacitor, and the capacitor is configured to discharge...