ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,878, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Alphawave Semi Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Low-swing Schmitt triggers" was invented by Santosh Mahadeo Narawade (Bangalore, India), Jithin K (Bangalore, India) and Mohit Gupta (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for low-swing Schmitt triggers. For example, an apparatus includes a Schmitt trigger including an input node, an output node, and a feedback node that is configured to bear a feedback voltage level that is a sum of an input voltage level at the input node and an attenuated voltage level of the output node; a current source connected to the ...