ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,793, issued on May 13, was assigned to Opteon Corp..
"Wide-range, precision supply circuit" was invented by T. Eric Hopkins (Wellesley, Mass.), Timothy N. Schaeffer (Somerville, Mass.) and Jeffrey Cho (Northborough, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wide current-and-voltage-range, precision supply circuit to conduct current (pulsed or continuous) having precisely-controlled current levels through a load is described. The supply circuit includes selectable current-sensing resistors in a feedback loop that controls current output to accommodate a wide range of currents provided to the load. The circuit can include a programmable o...