US Patent Issued to NORDIC SEMICONDUCTOR ASA on June 30 for "Comparator with reduced power consumption" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,377, issued on June 30, was assigned to NORDIC SEMICONDUCTOR ASA (Trondheim, Norway).

"Comparator with reduced power consumption" was invented by Aram Baharmast (Oulu, Finland) and Jarmo Vaananen (Oulu, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect, there is provided a comparator comprising input terminals, first, second and third biasing current sources configured to output first, second and third biasing currents, an input circuit driven by the first biasing current source and comprising an amplification circuit and a load circuit configured to provide positive feedback for the amplification circuit, first and secon...