ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,161, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Realtek Semiconductor Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Inquirer-side circuit capable of operating in asymmetry data mode" was invented by Yuan-Jih Chu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Yao-Chun Chuang (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Ching-Yen Lee (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Ming Hsuan Tsai (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inquirer-side circuit of an automotive Ethernet system includes: a hybrid circuit arranged to operably couple with an MDI circuit to conduct data communication with a respondent-side circuit; a transmitting circuit coupled with a hybrid circuit and arranged to operably generate and provide a transmi...