US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics on Jan. 27 for "Controller for a buck-boost switching converter with overcurrent and null-current detection and method for controlling a buck-boost switching converter" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,451, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to STMicroelectronics S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).

"Controller for a buck-boost switching converter with overcurrent and null-current detection and method for controlling a buck-boost switching converter" was invented by Stefano Castorina (Milan) and Elena Brigo (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller for a buck-boost switching converter, which includes an inductor and a shunt resistor and is coupled to a load which draws a load current, includes a control circuit which performs charge and discharge cycles of the inductor. A first comparator stage generates a first signal which is in...