US Patent Issued to Google on Nov. 3 for "Configurable reference voltage generator" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,995, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Configurable reference voltage generator" was invented by Tong Zhang (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Meisam Heidarpour Roshan (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reference voltage generators provide stable reference voltages to facilitate correct circuit operation. Bandgap voltage generators are becoming less feasible as process nodes shrink. In example implementations, to accommodate smaller devices, an apparatus for generating a reference voltage includes a current generator having at least one current branch that receives a supply voltage, with the cu...