ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,654, issued on May 20, was assigned to NXP USA Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Current reference circuit" was invented by Thierry Michel Alain Sicard (Auzeville Tolosane, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current reference circuit, comprises a main resistor, comprising: a first force contact terminal at a first end of the main resistor and coupled to a first metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) component; a second force contact terminal at a second end of the main resistor and coupled to a second MOS component; a first sense contact terminal coupled to one bipolar junction transistor (BJT); and a second sense contact terminal opposite the fi...