ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,034, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Coretronic Corp. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

"Power supply system and operating method thereof" was invented by Shan-Cheng Hsu (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan), Tung-Min Lee (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan) and Ying-Chieh Yeh (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply system and operating method thereof are provided. The power supply system includes a power generation circuit and a discharge circuit. The power generation circuit is configured to provide an output voltage at an output end when a power is started, and stop providing the output voltage when the power is off. The discharge circuit includes a capa...