ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,460, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Novatek Microelectronics Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Power management circuit capable of reducing power consumption of electronic devices" was invented by Wei-Lun Wang (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power management circuit including a control circuit and a blanking detecting circuit is provided. The control circuit is configured to output a control signal to control a power conversion operation of a power converter circuit. The blanking detecting circuit is coupled to the control circuit. The blanking detecting circuit is configured to receive a plurality of clock signals...