ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,403, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Circuit device and oscillator" was invented by Mitsuaki Sawada (Fujimi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit device includes an oscillation circuit configured to generate an oscillation signal, a waveform shaping circuit configured to perform waveform shaping on the oscillation signal, and a regulator configured to supply a regulated power supply voltage to the waveform shaping circuit. The circuit device further includes an amplitude detection circuit configured to detect the amplitude of the oscillation signal and output an amplitude detection signal, and...