ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,381, issued on July 22, was assigned to NXP B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Auto mode change in buck-boost converter" was invented by Jin Hui Lee (Nam-yang-ju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments relate to a buck-boost converter controller configured to control a buck-boost controller, wherein the buck-boost converter has a buck mode of operation, a boost mode of operation, and a buck-boost mode of operation, including: a phase controller configured to produce phase control signals to control switching in the buck-boost converter, wherein the phase control signals are based on a mode of operation of the ...