US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on May 6 for "Switching converter with analog on-time extension control" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,298, issued on May 6, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Switching converter with analog on-time extension control" was invented by Zejing Wang (Shanghai), Zhujun Li (Shanghai), Songming Zhou (Shanghai) and Yu Wang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes: 1) a battery configured to provide an input voltage (VIN); 2) switching converter circuitry coupled to the battery, wherein the switching converter circuitry includes a power switch; 3) a load coupled to an output of the switching converter circuitry; and 4) a control circuit coupled to the power switch. The control circuit includes: 1) a switch dri...