ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,041, issued on June 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Voltage converter and power management device including the same" was invented by Dam Yun (Suwon-si, South Korea), Haneul Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dongwoo Baek (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jehyung Yoon (Seoul, South Korea) and Sangik Cho (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage converter includes a converting circuit having an inductor connected to a switching node, a first switch element connected between the switching node and a ground voltage, and a second switch element connected between the switching node and an ou...