ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,923, issued on July 14.
"Ballast circuit for stabilizing supply voltages in high-speed circuits" was invented by Enrico Mammei (Vittuone, Italy), Matteo Alessio Traldi (Milan), Paolo Pulici (Lainate Mi, Italy) and Marco Bigi (Reggio Emilia, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, a system includes a writer circuit of a pre-amplifier coupled between first and second pre-amplifier supply voltages and configured to generate a write current. A ballast circuit couples in parallel with the writer circuit between first and second supply voltages. The ballast circuit generates first and second ballast currents in res...