ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,307, issued on May 6, was assigned to NA VITAS SEMICONDUCTOR Ltd. (Dublin).

"System and methods for reducing auxiliary transformer winding turns" was invented by Xiucheng Huang (Torrance, Calif.), Bin Li (Pleasanton, Calif.), Weijing Du (Torrance, Calif.) and Yun Zhou (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for reducing auxiliary transformer winding turns are disclosed. In one aspect, a circuit includes a transformer having a primary winding, a secondary winding and an auxiliary winding having a first end and a second end, a diode having a cathode and an anode, the anode coupled to the first end of the aux...