US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on Dec. 16 for "I 2 C buffer circuit with fall time control" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,517, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"I 2 C buffer circuit with fall time control" was invented by Francois Tailliet (Fuveau, France), Christophe Goncalves (Puyloubier, France) and Marc Battista (Allauch, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, a buffer circuit for a communication interface is disclosed. The circuit includes a charge pump to boost a supply voltage and generate a boosted supply voltage. The circuit features a resistor, a capacitor connected to the output, and multiple transistors. This configuration ensures efficient voltage boosting and buff...