US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics (Rousset) on July 29 for "Digital-to-analog converter and corresponding digital-to-analog conversion method" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,096, issued on July 29, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS (Rousset, France).

"Digital-to-analog converter and corresponding digital-to-analog conversion method" was invented by Michel Cuenca (Septemes les Vallons, France) and Didier Davino (Pourrieres, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment provides a digital-to-analog converter that includes an output amplifier configured to be powered with a controllable power supply voltage and a ground reference voltage. The output amplifier is configured to generate an analog output signal having a dynamic range centered on a common-mode voltage. The output amplifier...