US Patent Issued to National Cheng Kung University, Himax Technologies on Nov. 25 for "Single-inductor multiple-output DC-DC converter" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,114, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to National Cheng Kung University (Tainan, Taiwan) and Himax Technologies Ltd. (Tainan, Taiwan).

"Single-inductor multiple-output DC-DC converter" was invented by Ming-Yan Fan (Tainan, Taiwan), Yi-Fu Chen (Tainan, Taiwan) and Bo-Rui Chen (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single-inductor multiple-output DC-DC converter includes a first power switch controlled by a first power switch signal and a second power switch controlled by a second power switch signal, connected in series between a positive supply voltage and a negative supply voltage, and interconnected at an input node; a sin...