ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,142, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to STMicroelectronics S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).
"DC-DC converter apparatus and corresponding control method" was invented by Alessandro Bertolini (Vermiglio, Italy), Alessandro Gasparini (Cusano Milanino, Italy), Paolo Melillo (Caltanissetta, Italy), Salvatore Levantino (Milan) and Massimo Ghioni (Monza, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boost DC-DC converter includes a switching network, coupled to an inductor, controlled by a PWM driving signal. A control loop receives a voltage output and provides the PWM driving signal. The control loop generates an error signal as a function of a d...