US Patent Issued to Efficient Power Conversion on Feb. 4 for "Half-bridge circuits with symmetrical layout of parallel transistors and capacitors" (New York, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,218,593, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Efficient Power Conversion Corp. (El Segundo, Calif.).

"Half-bridge circuits with symmetrical layout of parallel transistors and capacitors" was invented by John S. Glaser (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Yuanzhe Zhang (Torrance, Calif.) and Michael A. de Rooij (Playa Vista, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A physical arrangement of at least two power switches and at least one capacitor in a power loop. At least one of the switches is formed of at least two parallel electronic devices, such as transistors. The arrangement minimizes total power loop impedance and results in approximately equal impedance in...