ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,747, issued on June 10, was assigned to Cadence Design Systems Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Dual-mode low dropout regulator with fast transient switching between modes" was invented by Yashu Anand Varshney (Bangalore, India) and Sumilak Chaudhury (Kolkata, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a dual mode, low dropout regulator circuit and method of using the same. The circuit may include a multiplexer configured to switch between a high-speed mode and a low-power mode and an error amplifier configured to generate an amplifier output. The circuit may include a class AB circuit configured to receive the a...