ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,350, issued on April 22, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Bandgap circuit with noise reduction and temperature stability" was invented by Moez Kanoun (Waterloo, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bandgap reference circuit includes a complimentary to absolute temperature (CTAT) current generator providing a CTAT current with a source degeneration resistor, and a proportional to absolute temperature (PTAT) current generator providing a PTAT current. The PTAT current generator includes a first branch with a source degeneration resistor, a first p-type metal-oxide semiconductor (PMOS) tran...