ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,986, issued on May 20, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).

"Control circuit of a MEMS gyroscope, MEMS gyroscope and control method" was invented by Angelo Granata (Syracuse, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The control circuit for a MEMS gyroscope is configured to receive a measurement signal which has a quadrature component and a sensing component. The control circuit has: an input stage which acquires an input signal, generating an acquisition signal, where the input signal is a function of the measurement signal and of a quadrature cancellation signal; a processing stage which extracts a first co...