ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,864, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Allegro MicroSystems LLC (Manchester, N.H.).

"Differential sensing element placement in current sensors for heterogeneous stray field immunity" was invented by Matthew Hein (Dallas) and Alexander Latham (Harvard, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor, comprising: a conductor having a curved portion; a first anchor magnetic field sensing element that is formed at an intersection of a first axis and a second axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis, the first magnetic field sensing element being formed on a space that is partially enclosed by the curved portion; a first ...