US Patent Issued to Allegro MicroSystems on Aug. 25 for "Current sensor built into switches" (New Hampshire, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,918, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Allegro MicroSystems LLC (Manchester, N.H.).

"Current sensor built into switches" was invented by Alexander Latham (Harvard, Mass.), Paul A. David (Bow, N.H.), Vijay Mangtani (Nashua, N.H.), Michael C. Doogue (Bedford, N.H.) and William P. Taylor (Amherst, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, comprising: a substrate; a switching device that is formed over the substrate, the switching device including a gate layer, a source layer, and a drain layer; a first layer of dielectric material that is formed over the switching device; a first contact member that is electrically coupled to o...