US Patent Issued to FUJI ELECTRIC on July 22 for "Integrated circuit and power supply circuit" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,389, issued on July 22, was assigned to FUJI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Integrated circuit and power supply circuit" was invented by Takato Sugawara (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit for a power supply circuit that generates an output voltage from an alternating current (AC) voltage, the power supply circuit including a transistor configured to control a current flowing through an inductor. The integrated circuit comprises: a first terminal, to which a first capacitor is coupled, that receives a voltage corresponding to the AC voltage; a driver circuit turns on the transistor in respons...