US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on Sept. 8 for "Method and apparatus for proper recognition of overload condition in a power device" (Czech, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,979, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International (Geneva).

"Method and apparatus for proper recognition of overload condition in a power device" was invented by Sandor Petenyi (Lysa and Labem, Czech Republic) and Giuseppina Bille' (Gravina di Catania, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is circuitry for protecting a power supply system from overcurrent conditions by monitoring an input voltage and an output voltage of the power supply system, detecting an overcurrent condition based on the monitored input and output voltages, and determining whether the overcurrent condition is caused by an i...