ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,798, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva), Universita' Pavia (Pavia, Italy) and Politecnico Di Torino (Turin, Italy).

"Delta-sigma modulator with anti-windup circuit" was invented by Francesco Stilgenbauer (Rho, Italy), Edoardo Botti (Vigevano, Italy), Piero Malcovati (Pavia, Italy), Paolo Stefano Crovetti (Turin, Italy), Edoardo Bonizzoni (Pavia, Italy) and Matteo De Ferrari (Oleggio Castello, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delta-sigma modulator includes a loop filter circuit having a first input that receives an input signal and a second input that receives a feedback signal. The l...