US Patent Issued to Dell Products on Oct. 14 for "Soft start rectifier for a power supply unit" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,048, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Soft start rectifier for a power supply unit" was invented by Edward Douglas Knapton (Pflugerville, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply unit (PSU), including: an active bridge rectifier, including: a plurality of field effect transistors (FETs); and a controller connected to each of the FETs; a power source connected between first and second terminals of the active bridge rectifier; and a capacitor connected between third and fourth terminals of the active bridge rectifier, wherein in a charging state: the controller performs, at a first ti...