ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,210, issued on May 27, was assigned to TDK-Lambda UK Ltd. (Ilfracombe, Great Britain).
"Switch controller circuit and method for controlling switching" was invented by Leonard Dobos (Ilfracombe, Great Britain) and Anthony New (Ilfracombe, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Switch controller circuit (10) for controlling switching in a topology (1) having a first switch (4), a second switch (5), and a switching node (6) coupled therebetween. A driver arrangement (101,104,105) controls the first and second switches (4,5) to alternately open and close, wherein a deadtime period is applied between the opening of one switch (4) a...