ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,068, issued on June 17, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Low power converter for compensating mains voltage variation" was invented by Karnekumar Arulandu (Breda, Netherlands), Johan Paul Marie Gerard Linnartz (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Johannes Adrianus Cornelis Misdom (Weert, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power converter for compensating voltage variation in a circuit, the circuit comprising: a power stage arranged for receiving a mains input and for converting the mains input into a direct current, DC, output for driving a load; and a first buffer capacitor connected in a parallel br...