US Patent Issued to Allegro MicroSystems on June 30 for "Transformer-based isolator with sense coil" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,551, issued on June 30, was assigned to Allegro MicroSystems LLC (Manchester, N.H.).

"Transformer-based isolator with sense coil" was invented by John Horan (Cork, Ireland) and Paddy Collins (Cork, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure include systems, structures, integrated circuit (IC) packages or modules, circuits, and methods providing a transformer with first and second coils and a sense coil configured adjacent to and closely coupled with the second coil. The circuits, ICs and IC packages and modules may include various types of circuits. In some examples, IC packages or modules may include a ...