ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,986, issued on March 11, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS (Grenoble, France).

"Level converter circuit" was invented by Etienne Cesar (Voreppe, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment level converter circuit is configured to receive, as a current supply, a current proportional to temperature."

The patent was filed on Aug. 3, 2023, under Application No. 18/364,950.

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