Queen鈥檚 Partnerships and Innovation is pleased to report the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 12,278,555 "Variable Gain Modulation Methods and Controllers for AC-DC Converter with Power Factor Correction" on April 15, 2025 to Yan-Fei Liu, Binghui He, Yang Chen, Bo Sheng, and Wenbo Liu. The patent relates to a controller for an AC-DC converter including a rectifier circuit that converts AC input voltage into DC output voltage that uses control logic to control the rectifier circuit according to two or more operating modes.

U.S. Patent No. 12,278,555 (5.3 MB, PDF)