US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on Oct. 21 for "Receiver circuit, corresponding isolated driver device, electronic system and method of decoding a differential signal into a digital output signal" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,881, issued on Oct. 21, 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 Carlo Curina (Bareggio, Italy), Valerio Bendotti (Vilminore di Scalve, Italy), Nicola De Campo (Cura Carpignano, Italy) and Valerio Gennari Santori (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receiver circuit receives a differential signal that includes positive and negative spikes, and produces an output signal as a function of the differential signal. A first comparator produces an inte...