ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,533, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Asynchronous successive approximation register with asynchronous clock control" was invented by Vinay Kundur (Milpitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for determining a variable delay provided to a pulse generator for a successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC) is presented. The system comprises a delay loop coupled to the pulse generator, the delay loop having a variable delay circuit configured to provide the variable delay to the pulse generator, and an edge selector coupled to the delay loop, the edge s...