ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,989, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Fast recovery voltage regulator" was invented by Michele Giorgio (Milan), Enrico Mammei (Vittuone, Italy), Davide Morello (Milan), Matteo Alessio Traldi (Milan) and Paolo Pulici (Lainate, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, a linear voltage regulator is proposed. The regulator includes a voltage source circuit that provides a first voltage at its output terminal. An output transistor having a control terminal is coupled to the output terminal of the voltage source circuit to receive the first voltage. A first current pa...