ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,249, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to NXP USA Inc. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Controller" was invented by Jerry Rudiak (Phoenix), David Domenic Putti (Novi, Mich.) and Ibrahim Shihadeh Kandah (Novi, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller for a power converter device, wherein the controller is configured to provide for switching of a switching component of the power converter device based on a feature in a control signal, sample at least one parameter of the power converter device upon expiry of a predetermined time period after switching of the switching component; and output the sample of the at least one parameter."...