ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,337, issued on June 30, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Control device for a switching voltage regulator. A control loop circuit generates a control signal indicative of the difference between the output voltage of a switching circuit and a nominal voltage. A drive signal generator is coupled to the control loop circuit and receives a measurement signal indicative of the current flowing in the switching circuit. The drive signal generator also receives a reference signal corre...