US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on July 21 for "CMOS integration of a high bandwidth optically isolated current sensor" (Italian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,283, issued on July 21, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"CMOS integration of a high bandwidth optically isolated current sensor" was invented by Roberto La Rosa (Viagrande, Italy), Sebastiano Messina (Mascalucia, Italy), Marco Torrisi (Gravina di Catania, Italy), Davide Giuseppe Patti (Mascalucia, Italy), Jean Camiolo (Sassenage, France) and Jonathan Steckel (Corenc, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A galvanically isolated current sensor for power converters is disclosed. The sensor includes a package housing a first integrated circuit (IC), a light emitting layer, an optical waveguide, a photosen...