ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,877, issued on April 22, was assigned to Marotta Controls Inc. (Montville, N.J.).
"Synchronous rectification" was invented by Joseph Fayez Youssef (Bridgewater, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting current through a secondary winding of a switching voltage regulator without directly sensing the current through the secondary winding of the switching voltage regulator, the system including a diode; an inductor connected in series with the diode to form a current detection path, wherein the current detection path is connected in parallel with the secondary winding; a switching element connected in series with the cu...