ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,541, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Selectable three-level, half-bridge circuit" was invented by Takayuki Tange (Milton Keynes, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A DC-DC conversion circuit includes an input voltage; a half-bridge circuit connected to the input voltage and including a first leg with first, second, third, and fourth switching elements connected in series and including a second leg with first and second capacitors connected in series with each other and connected in parallel with the first leg; and a flying capacitor connected to a node between the first switch...