ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,493, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Cirrus Logic Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Measurement circuitry" was invented by John P. Lesso (Edinburgh, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Measurement circuitry comprising: a first half bridge, comprising: a first impedance coupled between an input voltage node for receiving an input voltage and a first node; and a second impedance coupled between the first node and a reference voltage node, the first impedance or the second impedance comprising a first voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) having a first input coupled to the first node and a first output for outputting a first oscillating...