US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on March 25 for "Power-save mode for fixed-frequency DC-DC converter" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,529, issued on March 25, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Power-save mode for fixed-frequency DC-DC converter" was invented by Antonio Priego (Freising, Germany), Gerhard Thiele (Dachau, Germany) and Erich-Johann Bayer (Freising, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a circuit for DC-DC voltage converters, an amplifier has first and second inputs coupled to a reference voltage terminal and an output voltage terminal, respectively. A comparator has first and second inputs coupled to an amplifier output and a switching terminal, respectively. A logic circuit has inputs coupled to the comparator output and a clock ...