ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,111, issued on May 13, was assigned to STMicroelectronics S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).
"Voltage regulator device" was invented by Alessandro Bertolini (Vermiglio, Italy), Alberto Cattani (Cislago, Italy) and Alessandro Gasparini (Cusano Milanino, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A supply node receives supply voltage and an output node provides a regulated output voltage to a load. A switching transistor is coupled between the supply and output nodes. The switching transistor is controlled by a drive signal generated by a control circuit to control switching activity. The control circuit includes circuitry to sense a feedback v...