US Patent Issued to Winbond Electronics on Dec. 16 for "Linear regulator device and configuration method thereof" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,745, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Winbond Electronics Corp. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Linear regulator device and configuration method thereof" was invented by Ju-An Chiang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear regulator device and a configuration method thereof are provided. The linear regulator device includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), an operational amplifier (OPAMP), a switch, and a resistor. The DAC provides a controlled current according to a control signal. An inverting input node of the OPAMP is coupled to the DAC. An output node of the OPAMP is an output node of the linear regulator device. Inp...