ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,224,675, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) LTD (Hangzhou, China).

"Voltage detection circuit, switching converter and integrated circuit" was invented by Jiabin Chen (Hangzhou, China) and Hongxing Wang (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage detection circuit for a switching converter having a switch and a magnetic element connected in series, where a first terminal of the switch and a first terminal of the magnetic element are connected to a common node, the voltage detection circuit including: an average circuit configured to receive a first voltage across the switch, and t...