ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,645,239, issued on June 2, was assigned to PSEMI Corp. (San Diego).
"Leakage compensation circuit" was invented by Robert Mark Englekirk (Littleton, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Circuits and methods that compensate for the problems created by low-dropout regulator (LDO) leakage current, particularly when stressed. Embodiments include an improved LDO configured to provide a load current, and which includes a leakage current compensation circuit. The leakage current compensation circuit generates a compensating current that offsets the leakage current through the pass device of the LDO during conditions that induce such leakage. Mor...