ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,559, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).

"Differential buffer circuit" was invented by Gaetano Cosentino (Catania, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, a differential buffer includes: first and second input terminals configured to receive a differential input voltage; first and second output terminals configured to provide a differential output voltage; a differential source follower amplifier having first and second inputs respectively coupled to the first and second input terminals, and first and second outputs respectively coupled to the first and second output te...