US Patent Issued to Nexperia, Nexperia Technology (Shanghai) on June 16 for "Reference voltage circuit" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,305, issued on June 16, was assigned to Nexperia B.V. (Nijmegen, Netherlands) and Nexperia Technology (Shanghai) Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Reference voltage circuit" was invented by Yasuo Matsumura (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reference voltage generating circuit is provided, including a first depletion type metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), a first enhancement type MOSFET, a reference voltage output connected between the first depletion type MOSFET and the first enhancement type MOSFET, and a second depletion type MOSFET."

The patent was filed on March 22, 2024, under Application No. 18/614,096....