ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,841, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Current sensing circuit with integrated resistor and dual sense amplifiers" was invented by Ryan Desrosiers (Fort Collins, Colo.), Jay Ackerman (Loveland, Colo.) and Mark Rutherford (Wellington, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structure is described which includes two amplifiers in parallel. A first amplifier is considered an always-on amplifier. The always on amplifier provides continual measurements of a current (Isns) across an integrated polysilicon resistor for one or more analog control loops. A second amplifier is cons...