ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,084, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Charging and discharging circuits for assisting charge pumps" was invented by Guillaume Alexandre Blin (Carlisle, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Charging and discharging circuits for assisting charge pumps are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a radio frequency (RF) switch system includes an RF switch that receives an RF signal and is controlled by a switch control signal received at an input, a first charge pump configured to generate a first charge pump voltage, a level shifter powered by the first charge pump voltage and that generates the sw...