US Patent Issued to Nanjing Silergy Micro Technology on Dec. 30 for "Charging circuit and charging system" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,758, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Nanjing Silergy Micro Technology Co. Ltd. (Nanjing, China).

"Charging circuit and charging system" was invented by Sihua Wen (Nanjing, China) and Zhao Lu (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging circuit can include: a first port for receiving a first input source; a second port coupled to a second input source or an external device; and a power stage circuit configured to operate as a charge pump in a first state, and to operate as a hybrid switching converter in a second state, where the hybrid switching converter and the charge pump share at least part of a plurality of power...