ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,246, issued on May 13, was assigned to Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Digital-to-analog converter calibration for audio amplifiers" was invented by Rie Sasakawa (Beaverton, Ore.), Donald Allen Pearce (Beaverton, Ore.), Wai Laing Lee (Portland, Ore.) and Miles Reuben Thompson (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a calibration circuit can include a first circuit configured to generate a first output voltage based on a first reference voltage, and a second circuit configured to compare the first output voltage and a second reference voltage. The calibration circuit can further include a calibra...