ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,351, issued on April 22, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Bandgap reference circuit" was invented by Jaw-Juinn Horng (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chin-Ho Chang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Yi-Wen Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bandgap reference (BGR) circuit is provided. The BGR circuit includes a first node, a second node, and a third node. A first resistive element is connected between the second node and the third node. The BGR circuit is operative to provide a reference voltage as an output. The BGR circuit further includes a current shunt path connected between the first node ...