ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,174, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to MELEXIS TECHNOLOGIES SA (Bevaix, Switzerland).

"Sensor with analog output and sensor system" was invented by Cesare Ghezzi (Bevaix, Switzerland), Zsombor Lazar (Bevaix, Switzerland) and Lionel Tombez (Bevaix, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor including at least one sensor element configured for measuring an external parameter and outputting one or more results representative for the external parameter, an output buffer configured for receiving the one or more results or a processed version thereof and for applying an analog signal representative for the result or a time multip...