ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,510, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Internal voltage generator and smart card including the same" was invented by Jungduk Suh (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jisoo Chang (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An internal voltage generator of a smart card and a smart card including the same. The internal voltage generator may include: a mode detector that generates a mode signal indicating a contact mode or a contactless mode; a low-drop out (LDO) regulator including an error amplifier, where the LDO regulator is responsive to the mode signal to: in the contact mode, d...