ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,299, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Digital voltage regulator including mixed-stack power stage" was invented by Lior Gil (Haifa, Israel), Kosta Luria (Pardesiya, Israel) and Michael Zelikson (Haifa, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments include an apparatus including a first node in a voltage regulator, a second node in the voltage regulator, and a power stage to receive a first voltage from the first node and provide a second voltage at the second node. The power stage includes a first circuit path and a second circuit path coupled in parallel with each other between the firs...