ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,512, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Allegro MicroSystem LLC (Manchester, N.H.).

"Packaged current sensor integrated circuit" was invented by Robert A. Briano (Auburn, N.H.) and Shixi Louis Liu (Hooksett, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current sensor integrated circuit package includes a primary conductor having an input portion and an output portion, both with reduced area edges. Secondary leads each have an exposed portion and an elongated portion that is offset with respect to the exposed portion. A semiconductor die is disposed adjacent to the primary conductor on an insulator portion and at least one magnetic field sen...