ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,057, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Allegro MicroSystems LLC (Manchester, N.H.).
"Current sensor integrated circuit" was invented by Maxwell McNally (Manchester, N.H.), Alexander Latham (Harvard, Mass.), Shixi Louis Liu (Hooksett, N.H.) and William P. Taylor (Amherst, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for a current sensor integrated circuit package that includes a die having a first magnetic field sensing element and a leadframe to support the die. The leadframe has a U-shaped current conductor loop with a throat region and a first notch in the throat region of the current conductor loop. A first magnetic fi...