ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,218,783, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Infineon Technologies Austria AG (Villach, Austria).

"Integrated circuit with galvanic isolation" was invented by Andrea Morici (Padua, Italy) and Thomas Ferianz (Bodensdorf, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit with galvanic isolation is described herein. In accordance with one example, the circuit comprises a galvanic insulation barrier including a first isolation element configured to separate a first isolation domain from a second isolation domain and a first channel configured to transmit-in a first mode of operation and across the first isolation element-a logic sign...