ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,806, issued on May 20, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Amplifier circuit" was invented by Wei Shuo Lin (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first embodiment is directed to a circuit including a positive biasing circuit with a drive PMOS for biasing in subthreshold, a negative biasing circuit with a drive NMOS for biasing in subthreshold, and an amplification circuit coupled to the biasing circuits. The amplification circuit includes a first stage with a first boosting stage, a second stage with a second boosting stage, and a resistive element coupled between the first and s...