US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on July 14 for "Control device for a switching voltage regulator and control method" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,499, issued on July 14, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Control device for a switching voltage regulator and control method" was invented by Ivan Floriani (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The control device for a regulator with a switching circuit. The device includes an oscillator that provides a clock signal having a switching period; a circuit that provides a comparison signal indicative of a comparison between an input voltage and an output voltage; and a circuit that generates a signal to drive the switches of the switching circuit as a function of an error between the output voltage and a n...