US Patent Issued to Allegro MicroSystems on March 3 for "Rapid serial data out (RSDO) backdoor enabling SPI communication" (Argentinean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,723, issued on March 3, was assigned to Allegro MicroSystems LLC (Manchester, N.H.).

"Rapid serial data out (RSDO) backdoor enabling SPI communication" was invented by Leandro Tozzi (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Matias Marando (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Nicolas Ronis (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Rapid-data-transfer sensor arrays include a controller and a plurality of sensor integrated circuits (ICs) connected in series and configured to periodically take measurements and provide measurement data to the controller as serial data. The sensor IC includes a power regulation circuit configured to selectively su...