ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,250, issued on May 13, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).

"Analog to digital converter apparatus with time continuous input and corresponding method" was invented by Vanni Poletto (Milan), Nicola Rogledi (Pavia, Italy) and Antonio Davide Leone (Siziano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an analog to digital converter configured to receive a continuous input signal. The analog to digital converter includes an integrating block, comprising at least an integrating stage, which output is coupled to a flash analog to digital converter. The analog to digital converter apparatus includes a feed...