ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,794, issued on June 24, was assigned to AyDeeKay (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

"Seamlessly integrated microcontroller chip" was invented by Scott David Kee (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques in electronic systems, such as in systems comprising a CPU die and one or more external mixed-mode (analog) chips, may provide improvements advantages in one or more of system design, performance, cost, efficiency and programmability. In one embodiment, the CPU die comprises at least one microcontroller CPU and circuitry enabling the at least one CPU to have a full and transparent connectivity to an analog chip as if they are...