ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,943, issued on April 7, was assigned to ams Sensors Belgium BVBA (Antwerp, Belgium).
"Ramp circuit" was invented by Kevin Fronczak (Fairport, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a ramp circuit for an analogue to digital converter, ADC. The ramp circuit includes a ramp unit configured to provide a ramp signal usable for sampling an analogue signal. The ramp circuit also includes a hold unit connected to the ramp unit, the hold unit is configured to hold a reference voltage for resetting the ramp signal between subsequent samplings of the analogue signal."
The patent was filed on April 27, 2022, under Application N...