ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,091, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Buck DC/DC converter and controller circuit of buck DC/DC converter" was invented by Koichi Miyanaga (Kyoto, Japan), Hayato Asano (Kyoto, Japan) and Nobuyuki Yokoyama (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a controller circuit of a buck DC/DC converter. The controller circuit includes a feedback pin to be connected to an output line of the buck DC/DC converter, a voltage divider circuit including a first resistor and a second resistor connected in series between the feedback pin and a ground, a feedback circuit that generates a pulse modulation s...