US Patent Issued to Allegro MicroSystems on June 9 for "Transconductance amplifier with an inverse relationship between a control voltage and a transconductance and a switching regulator using the transconductance amplifier in a feedback circuit" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,652,009, issued on June 9, was assigned to Allegro MicroSystems LLC (Manchester, N.H.).

"Transconductance amplifier with an inverse relationship between a control voltage and a transconductance and a switching regulator using the transconductance amplifier in a feedback circuit" was invented by Alberto Riva (Cabiate, Italy) and Michele Suraci (Turate, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transconductance amplifier has a voltage input, a current output, and a control signal. A transconductance of the transconductance amplifier has an inverse relationship with the control signal. In some embodiments, the transconductance of the transcondu...