ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,234, issued on July 8, was assigned to Ambiq Micro Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Adaptive voltage converter" was invented by Scott Hanson (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adaptive voltage converter adapted to compensate for the exponential sensitivities of sub-threshold and near-threshold circuits. The converter can change its power/performance characteristics between different energy modes. The converter may comprise two or more voltage converters/regulators. A multiplexing circuit selects between the outputs of the several converters/regulators depending on the state of a control signal generated by a control facility. The ...