US Patent Issued to QUALCOMM on April 8 for "Switch-mode power supply with a network of flying capacitors and switches" (California, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,273,029, issued on April 8, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Switch-mode power supply with a network of flying capacitors and switches" was invented by Joseph Duncan (Carlsbad, Calif.), Chengwu Tao (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Joseph Dale Rutkowski (Chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is disclosed for a switch-mode power supply with a network of flying capacitors and switches. In an example aspect, the apparatus includes a switch-mode power supply with an inductor, a switching circuit, and a network of flying capacitors and switches. The switching circuit is coupled to the inductor. The network of flying cap...