ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,218,598, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"Quasi-resonant isolated voltage converter" was invented by Giacomo Calabrese (Freising, Germany) and Nicola Bertoni (Freising, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A converter includes a transformer having a primary and secondary windings. The primary winding has first and second winding terminals. A switch network has first-sixth switch network terminals. The first switch network terminal couples to the first winding terminal. The second switch network terminal couples to the second winding terminal. A first transistor has a first control input and first and s...