ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,650, issued on March 18, was assigned to SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD (Shenzhen, China).

"Operational amplifier-based hysteresis comparator and chip" was invented by Yutian Chen (Shenzhen, China) and Lvfan Yi (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operational amplifier-based hysteresis comparator and a chip are provided. The hysteresis comparator includes: an input stage and an amplification stage. The input stage includes: a first input branch and a second input branch, where the first input branch generates a first current based on the first voltage, and the second input branch generates a second current based on...