ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,947, issued on June 2, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Anisotropic magnetoresistance sensor circuit with adjustable offset trim" was invented by Qunying Li (Allen, Texas), Shanmuganand Chellamuthu (Richardson, Texas) and Harish Kumar (Frisco, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit includes an anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) sensor; an operational amplifier; and a calibration circuit. The AMR sensor has a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal. The operational amplifier has a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal. The first terminal o...