US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on June 2 for "Monitoring circuit and corresponding method" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,911, issued on June 2, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Monitoring circuit and corresponding method" was invented by Romeo Letor (Mascalucia, Italy) and Veronica Puntorieri (San Giovanni La Punta, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit for monitoring an actual threshold voltage value of a MOSFET is provided. The circuit includes a current source configured to be coupled to a source terminal of the MOSFET and to generate a test current; a voltage generator configured to be coupled between a gate terminal of the MOSFET and the source terminal of the MOSFET, and to generate a test voltage, said tes...