ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,442, issued on March 25, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"DC-DC converter, power conversion device, and solar power generation system" was invented by Soo Hong Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Young Woo Jeong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A DC-DC converter according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a maximum power point tracking control unit for performing a maximum power point tracking control when a communication module is connected to a solar panel; and a constant current/constant voltage control unit for receiving an input of power output from the maximum power point...