ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,118, issued on July 1, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm).

"Switched mode power supply" was invented by Kimmo Koli (Turku, Finland), Janne Peltonen (Salo, Finland) and Sami Vilhonen (Lieto, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switched mode power supply comprises a control signal generator arranged to generate first and second control signals via first and second outputs, respectively, which are coupled to respective first and second inputs of a switching stage, by means of respective first and second control signal paths. The switching stage is arranged to, responsive to the first and second contro...