US Patent Issued to Phoenix Contact on Oct. 7 for "Switched-mode power supply having coupled step-down converter stages" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,469, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG (Blomberg, Germany).

"Switched-mode power supply having coupled step-down converter stages" was invented by Alexander Moser (Werl, Germany) and Thomas Sprink (Salzkotten, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switched mode power supply includes an input circuit powered by an input voltage, wherein the input voltage is based on a voltage difference between a positive input voltage and a negative input voltage; an output circuit coupled to the input circuit and configured to provide an output voltage, and a direct current isolating element between the input circuit ...