US Patent Issued to Renesas Design (UK) on March 4 for "Triple-path power inductor-flying capacitor hybrid power converter" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,227, issued on March 4, was assigned to Renesas Design (UK) Ltd. (Bourne End, Great Britain).

"Triple-path power inductor-flying capacitor hybrid power converter" was invented by Sorin Laurentiu Negru (San Jose, Calif.) and Sabin Eftimie (Morgan Hill, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power converter including an inductor, a first power switch, a second power switch, a third power switch, a fourth power switch, a sixth power switch, a first flying capacitor, a third flying capacitor, a seventh power switch, an eighth power switch, a ninth power switch, a tenth power switch, a twelfth power switch, a second flying capacitor, and...