US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on July 28 for "Low-dropout voltage regulator circuit" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,698, issued on July 28, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Low-dropout voltage regulator circuit" was invented by Alessandra Farina (Oleggio Castello, Italy), Roberto Pio Baorda (Casarile, Italy) and Stefano Ramorini (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An LDO regulator has a pass device arranged between an input node and an output node. The pass device is controlled at a control node by an error amplifier. A first current generator sources compensation current to the control node, a cascode device is arranged between the control node and a compensation node, and a second current generator sinks compens...