US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on Nov. 4 for "Voltage provision circuits and methods for operating the same" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,534, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Voltage provision circuits and methods for operating the same" was invented by Cheng Han Lu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chia-Fu Lee (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Yen-An Chang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes a first pump circuit configured to receive a first reference voltage and provide an output voltage at a first level based on the first reference voltage. The circuit includes a second pump circuit configured to receive a second reference voltage and provide the output voltage at a second...