ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,464, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).

"Voltage regulation circuit with an independent reference voltage" was invented by Cesare Bimbi (Paterno', Italy), Salvatore Giuseppe Privitera (Paterno', Italy) and Francesco Pulvirenti (Acireale, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a voltage regulation circuit receiving as input an input voltage, in particular a DC voltage supply, and outputting a regulated voltage. The voltage regulation circuit includes a voltage reference circuit configured to supply a reference voltage which is independent, in partic...