ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,317, issued on May 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (South Korea).

"Input buffer circuit and power management integrated circuit including the same" was invented by Hongjin Cheon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngkyun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyosang Youn (Suwon-si, South Korea), Deokgi Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Wookwan Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input buffer circuit includes a low voltage generator, a first hysteresis buffer and a first dual-supply level shifter. The low voltage generator is connected to a first power supply voltage having a first voltage level, generates a mi...