ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,124, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to MediaTek Inc. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Buck converter with high power efficiency" was invented by Chih-Chen Li (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Jin-Yan Syu (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A buck converter with high power efficiency is shown, which converts an input voltage to an output voltage. The buck converter has an inductor, a voltage shift component, and a discharging branch. The inductor is charged and discharged to regulate the output voltage. The voltage shift component shifts the input voltage to a lower level to charge the inductor. The discharging branch is coupled to the inductor w...