US Patent Issued to DIGIQ POWER on Dec. 16 for "System and methods for using a MEMS switch as an ideal diode" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,514, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to DIGIQ POWER LTD. (Kingston, Canada).

"System and methods for using a MEMS switch as an ideal diode" was invented by Yan-Fei Liu (Kingston, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for converting an input AC voltage of a voltage source into an output DC voltage is proposed. The proposed system and method include at least two MEMS switches coupled in parallel with a corresponding voltage clamp switch within a MEMS rectifier. The MEMS switches achieve Zero-Voltage-Zero-Current (ZVZC) Turn on and Zero-Current-Zero-Voltage (ZCZV) Turn off through the inclusion of at least one high f...