ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,762, issued on July 8, was assigned to INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG (Villach, Austria).

"Ion movement control system with low pass filter in analog switch" was invented by Matthias Brandl (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ion movement control apparatus with low pass filter switch, including a digital to analog converter (DAC) connected to a first port and enabled to provide a DAC voltage, an electrode element connected to a second port, the electrode element configured to provide an electrical field for controlling a position of an ion, and a filter switch between the first port and the second port and having a filter leg ...