ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,062, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Integrated circuit with supply voltage detector" was invented by Mayankkumar Hareshbhai Niranjani (Lathi, India), Rajesh Narwal (Greater Noida, India) and Pravesh Kumar Saini (Greater Noida, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A supply voltage detector of an integrated circuit is able to detect the state of a supply voltage upon startup with both high-speed and low overall power consumption. The supply voltage detector includes a comparator that generates an output voltage based on the current state of the supply voltage. The comparator includes a...