ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,351, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Allegro MicroSystems LLC (Manchester, N.H.).

"Circuits having enhanced electrical isolation" was invented by James McClay (Dudley, Mass.), Maxim Klebanov (Palm Coast, Fla.), Sundar Chetlur (Frisco, Texas) and Thomas S. Chung (Kissimmee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for a device that includes a circuit, such as a memory cell, and an isolation structure to electrically isolate the circuit cell. The isolation structure can include a p-type substrate, a first series of p-type material extending to the p-type substrate, and a second series of p-type material extending to...