ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,741, issued on May 20, was assigned to HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Buck circuit, buck apparatus, and circuit control method" was invented by Mi Zhao (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The buck circuit includes a first switch component, a second switch component, a first freewheeling component, a second freewheeling component, an inductor, a first capacitor, and an over voltage protection OVP module. The first switch component and the first freewheeling component constitute a bridge arm. A first end of the inductor is connected to a midpoint of the bridge arm, and a second end of the ind...