US Patent Issued to Renesas Design (UK) on Nov. 18 for "Circuit for battery charging and system supply, combining capacitive and inductive charging" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,476, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Renesas Design (UK) Ltd. (London).

"Circuit for battery charging and system supply, combining capacitive and inductive charging" was invented by Sabin Eftimie (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power converter and methods with an input terminal, a capacitor, a first output terminal, a second output terminal, an output switch between the first output terminal and the second output terminal, and an inductor are presented. A first terminal of the inductor is connected to the first output terminal. An input switch is connected between the input terminal and a first terminal of the c...