ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,124, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Solaredge Technologies Ltd. (Herzeliya, Israel).
"Method and apparatus for controlling switches in a power converter" was invented by Shimon Khananashvili (Jerusalem) and Yakir Loewenstern (Ariel, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods for efficient operation of a switch arrangement are described. Selectively operating one of a plurality of parallel-connected switches at different times along a period of a periodic waveform may allow for improved efficiency, uniform loss-spreading, and enhanced thermal design of an electronic circuit including use of power switc...