US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on Oct. 14 for "Balancing current consumption between different voltage sources" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,211, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Balancing current consumption between different voltage sources" was invented by Agostino Macerola (San Benedetto dei Marsi, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a first switch coupled between a first voltage source and input/output (I/O) circuitry of a memory device, wherein the first voltage source is to supply power to core memory circuitry of the memory device. A second switch is coupled between a second voltage source and the I/O circuitry. Control logic is coupled with the first and second switches and to cause the second switc...