US Patent Issued to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING on Nov. 3 for "Voltage reference circuit with offset trimming using field-effect transistors" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,996, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Voltage reference circuit with offset trimming using field-effect transistors" was invented by Bei-Shing Lien (Taipei City, Taiwan) and Szu-Lin Liu (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit is provided, which includes a first voltage source, a second voltage source, a first trimming circuit, and a second trimming circuit. The first voltage source is configured to generate a first voltage which monotonically decreases with an absolute temperature of the integrated circuit. The second voltage source...