US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on Nov. 3 for "Low flicker noise differential voltage reference generator circuit" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,986, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Low flicker noise differential voltage reference generator circuit" was invented by Marc Sabut (Eybens, France), Emmanuel Allier (Grenoble, France) and Matthieu Desvergne (Claix, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bandgap voltage generator circuit is formed using only bipolar transistors. The bandgap voltage generator circuit includes output nodes generating first and second bandgap reference currents. A transconductance amplifier circuit in a current control feedback loop of the bandgap voltage generator circuit has differential inputs which ...