ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,302, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to NXP USA Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Sigma-delta analogue to digital converter" was invented by Thierry Dominique Yves Cassagnes (Tournefeuille, France), Francesco d'Esposito (Toulouse, France), Pascal Sandrez (Toulouse, France), Olivier Tico (St Lys, France) and Simon Brule (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sigma-delta ADC comprising: a first-input-resistor connected in series between a first-input-terminal and a first-feedback-node; a second-input-resistor connected in series between a second-input-terminal and a second-feedback-node; a third-input-resistor connected in series be...