US Patent Issued to NISSHINBO MICRO DEVICES, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ALPS ALPINE on Aug. 26 for "Sensor interface circuit and sensor module" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,366, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to NISSHINBO MICRO DEVICES INC. (Tokyo), TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Tokyo) and ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Sensor interface circuit and sensor module" was invented by Hiroki Sato (Tokyo), Masayuki Sato (Tokyo), Takaaki Shirakawa (Tokyo), Chunhui Pan (Tokyo), Noboru Ishihara (Tokyo) and Shinji Murata (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor interface circuit includes a frequency synchronization circuit connectable to a sensor. The frequency synchronization circuit includes: a reference voltage source generating a reference voltage; a current source connected to the reference voltage so...