ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,857, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corp. (Tokyo).
"Apparatus for inputting signal from communication line and method thereof" was invented by Tomohiro Yoshioka (Tokyo) and Yoshitaka Okutsu (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an apparatus including: a first input circuit which inputs signal from a first communication line; a second input circuit which inputs a signal from a second communication line; a reference voltage generation circuit which generates a reference voltage; and a comparison circuit which compares the reference voltage with a voltage of the first communication line. The firs...