ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,685, issued on June 24, was assigned to Analog Bits Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Method and circuits to provide higher supply voltage for analog components from lower supply voltages" was invented by Alan C. Rogers (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC), including: a voltage booster that includes one or more charge pump devices configured to receive an input voltage, an oscillator signal, and a control signal, wherein the one or more charge pump devices comprise a network of capacitors switchable to provide a charged pumped in response to the control signal, and wherein the one or more ...