ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,528, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (Singapore).
"Vertical metal sensing method for DC-DC converter" was invented by Yannick Guedon (Singapore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a DC-DC converter, a layout is designed to enable utilization the conductive trace connecting the converter output node to an output bump at which the load is attached as a sense resistor. The layout forces the output current down into lower metallization levels of an interconnect layer reaching the converter output node before the output current flows up into this conductive trace and out through the output bump. Th...