ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,445, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Solaredge Technologies Ltd. (Herzeliya, Israel).

"Method, system, and apparatus for power conversion" was invented by Shai Dagan (Givatayim, Israel) and Tzachi Glovinsky (Petah Tikva, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for power conversion. Dampening circuitry may be operatively connected to power converter circuitry to reduce accumulated charge during different portions of an alternating current (AC) cycle. The dampening circuitry may be arranged for soft switching of the converter circuitry to reduce voltage or current spikes and noise."

The pat...