ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,681, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Analog Devices International UnLtd. Co. (County Limerick, Ireland).
"Sense resistor" was invented by Patrick Martin McGuinness (Pallaskenry, Ireland) and Joshua William Caldwell (Los Gatos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for sense resistors are disclosed. In one aspect, an integrated sense resistor includes a plurality of first metal bumps alternating with a plurality of second metal bumps in at least a first lateral direction and a plurality of thin film resistors each disposed between and electrically connected to a pair of adjacent ones of first and second metal bu...