ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,116, issued on May 13, was assigned to MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Voltage regulator with dynamic voltage and frequency tracking" was invented by Nien-Hui Kung (San Jose, Calif.) and Chia-Hua Chou (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage regulator with dynamic voltage and frequency tracking is shown. The voltage regulator has power switches converting an input voltage into an output voltage, a control loop, a voltage comparator, and a target voltage generator. The control loop is coupled to the power switches to control the power switches to perform voltage regulation. The voltage comparator compares t...