ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,760, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Solaredge Technologies Ltd. (Herzeliya, Israel).
"Zero voltage switching" was invented by David Braginsky (Yokne'am, Israel) and Eado Twig (Zur Itshak, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching circuit may comprise first and second switch legs and a coupled inductor. The controller may operate the first and second switch legs to control a current flowing through the coupled inductor such that zero voltage switching (ZVS) may be applied to the first and second switch legs. The system may determine a switching event time of a switch in the first switch leg, and determine a switching node ...