ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,139, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Analog Devices International UnLtd. Co. (Limerick, Ireland).
"DAC with configurable output stage" was invented by Dennis A. Dempsey (Newport, Ireland), Michael C. Lynch (Newport, Ireland), Ivan Bucoy Santos (General Trias, Philippines), Fintan M. Leamy (Ennis, Ireland) and Fergus John Downey (Oranmore, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A configurable output stage for a DAC channel can include an output stage that can receive an analog output from a DAC and outputs a signal to an output terminal. The output stage can be configurable between a voltage mode and a current mode. In the voltage ...