ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,446, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Receiver circuit, corresponding isolated driver device, electronic system and method of decoding a differential signal into a digital output signal" was invented by Valerio Gennari Santori (Milan), Carlo Curina (Bareggio, Italy), Valerio Bendotti (Vilminore di Scalve, Italy) and Nicola De Campo (Cura Carpignano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a receiver circuit that receives a differential signal including positive and negative spikes. A first comparator produces an intermediate set signal that includes a pulse at each positive ...