ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,118, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to HANGZHOU BRIGHT POWER SEMICONDUCTOR Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).

"Minimum on-time circuit, controller, circuit system and current detection method" was invented by He Huang (Hangzhou, China) and Danzhu Lv (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A minimum on-time circuit, a controller, a circuit system and a current detection method are disclosed, the minimum on-time circuit is capable of configuring an extended minimum on-time length longer than a normal minimum on-time length for a transistor switch. Under a condition where there is a need for current detection through the transistor sw...