ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,376, issued on July 22, was assigned to STMicroelectronics S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).
"Voltage multiple circuit" was invented by Francesco Pulvirenti (Acireale, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, a voltage multiplier comprises an input node, an output node, and first and second control nodes for receiving first and second clock signals defining two commutation states. An ordered sequence of intermediate nodes is coupled between the input and output nodes and includes two ordered sub-sequences. Capacitors are coupled: between each odd intermediate node in the first sub-sequence and the first control node; betw...