US Patent Issued to Empower Semiconductor on April 22 for "Converter output stage with bias voltage generator" (Rhode Island Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,889, issued on April 22, was assigned to Empower Semiconductor Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Converter output stage with bias voltage generator" was invented by Timothy Alan Phillips (Hope, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A buck voltage converter is disclosed. The buck voltage generator includes a controller configured to generate one or more pulse width modulation (PWM) signals, and a plurality of serially connected switches configured to receive the PWM signals and to generate an output voltage signal at an output terminal based on the received PWM signals. The output voltage signal has an average voltage corresponding with a duty c...