ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,536, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to pSemi Corp. (San Diego).
"Switched-capacitor power converters" was invented by David Giuliano (Bedford, N.H.) and Gregory Szczeszynski (Nashua, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for providing electric power to a load includes a power converter that accepts electric power in a first form and provides electric power in a second form. The power converter comprises a control system, a first stage, and a second stage in series. The first stage accepts electric power in the first form. The control system controls operation of the first and second stage. The first stage is either a switch...