ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,912, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Proportional to absolute temperature current generating device and electronic device including the same" was invented by Cheolhwan Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hwanseok Yeo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A proportional-to-absolute-temperature current generating device includes a differential difference amplifier (DDA) that outputs a comparison signal based on a reference voltage, a first voltage, and a second voltage, a current source that generates a first current and a second current based on the comparison signa...