ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,672, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Electronic circuit with isolation" was invented by Bernd Ackermann (Aachen, Germany), Eugen Jacob De Mol (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Ludoviscus Franciscus Johannes Oostvogels (Nuenen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit comprises a first printed circuit board (60) carrying a first set of components and a second printed circuit board (62) carrying a second set of components, with a clearance (64) between the first and second printed circuit boards. A transformer (66) has a primary side connected to the first set of components and ...