ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,696, issued on July 28, was assigned to ESPRESSIF SYSTEMS (SHANGHAI) Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Voltage regulator with charge pump having enable control" was invented by Qiang Wang (Shanghai) and Zibai Liu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a voltage regulator including a power supply terminal and an output terminal. The voltage regulator includes an NMOS transistor including a drain electrode connected to the power supply terminal, a gate electrode, and a source electrode connected to the output terminal; a first regulating circuit including a voltage divider circuit connected between the output terminal and ground, an...