ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,138, issued on June 3, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Analog switch circuit and semiconductor device" was invented by Hayato Asano (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an analog switch circuit including an intermediate node, a first PMOS transistor including a source connected to the input node and a back gate and a drain connected to the intermediate node, a second PMOS transistor including a source connected to the output node, a back gate and a drain connected to the intermediate node, and a gate connected to a gate of the first PMOS transistor, a first NMOS transistor including a source grounded...