US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Feb. 3 for "Auxiliary power circuit, electronic device, and method for operating auxiliary power circuit" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,442, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon, South Korea).

"Auxiliary power circuit, electronic device, and method for operating auxiliary power circuit" was invented by Su Il Jin (Icheon, South Korea), Dal Gon Kim (Icheon, South Korea) and Na Yeong Kim (Icheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auxiliary power circuit may measure a first time during which the voltage level of a capacitor falls from a first level to a second level by a leakage current of the capacitor, may charge the capacitor to a third level, may measure a second time during which the voltage level of the capacitor falls from the third l...