ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,390, issued on April 29, was assigned to Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc. (Westerville, Ohio).

"Hybrid digital and analog signal generation systems and methods" was invented by Houston Fortney (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An analog signal generating source comprising two or more digital-to-analog converters (DAC) combined to generate one or more frequency components. The analog signal source comprises a first path for generating substantially low frequency signals, the first path comprising a first one of the DACs; and a second path for generating substantially high frequency signals, the second path comprising a second o...