ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,496, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Infineon Technologies Austria AG (Villach, Austria).

"Hybrid power converter and power conversion" was invented by Roberto Rizzolatti (Villach, Austria) and Mario Ursino (Villach, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage converter includes a first power converter and a second power converter. The first power converter produces an intermediate voltage and a first output current derived from an input voltage. The first power converter supplies the intermediate voltage to the second power converter. The second power converter produces a second output current based on the intermediate voltage...