ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,569, issued on July 15, was assigned to LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Maximum power point tracking device and operation method thereof" was invented by Po-Hao Pan (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A maximum power point tracking device and an operation method thereof are provided. The maximum power point tracking device includes a DC-to-DC converting circuit, a DC-to-AC inverting circuit, a controlling circuit, an auxiliary power supply and a power limiting circuit. The auxiliary power supply is connected to the DC-to-DC converting circuit, the DC-to-AC inverting circuit and the controlling circuit to provid...