ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,029, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Charger circuit with thermal regulation circuit" was invented by Yao-Wei Yang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charger circuit comprises a constant current charging circuit and a thermal regulation circuit. The constant current charging circuit is configured for generating a charging current, including a charger input terminal for receiving an input voltage, a charge current setting terminal, a charger output terminal for outputting the charging current, a current mirror including a reference current path ...