ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,303, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Rohm Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Current mode control type switching power supply device" was invented by Yuhei Yamaguchi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current mode control type switching power supply device includes a first switch having a first terminal connected to a first application terminal to which an input voltage is applied, and a second switch having a first terminal connected to a second terminal of the first switch and a second terminal connected to a second application terminal to which a predetermined voltage lower than the input voltage is applied. A current sensor...