ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,788, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).
"Thermographic sensor with thermal transistors driven by thermo-couples" was invented by Giuseppe Bruno (Paterno', Italy), Michele Vaiana (San Giovanni la Punta, Italy), Maria Eloisa Castagna (Catania, Italy) and Angelo Recchia (Fasano, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermographic sensor is proposed. The thermographic sensor includes one or more thermo-couples, each for providing a sensing voltage depending on a difference between a temperature of a hot joint and a temperature of a cold joint of the thermo-couple; the thermographic sens...