ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,872, issued on July 22, was assigned to Nexperia B.V. (Nijmegen, Netherlands).

"Electronic device with reduced process spread bandgap" was invented by Eric Fesler (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided, including: a terminal configured for receiving a bandgap voltage reference, generated by incorporating a first base-emitter voltage subject to process variation; the electronic device including a first transistor with a base configured to be exposed to the bandgap voltage reference; the first transistor is biased with a constant collector current corresponding with the first base-emitter voltage...