ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,466, issued on July 8, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Digital-to-analog converter" was invented by Shuichi Sakata (Tokyo), Kento Saiki (Tokyo) and Yuji Komatsuzaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital-to-analog converter includes a plurality of 1-bit elements each of which outputs a current corresponding to a value indicated by a digital signal when the digital signal is input; and a capacitive load connected to the plurality of 1-bit elements, the digital-to-analog converter being configured to generate an analog voltage waveform via the capacitive load that receives currents output from the plurality ...