ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,756, issued on July 15, was assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm).

"Successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter" was invented by Hanie Ghaedrahmati (Malmo, Sweden), Lars Sundstrom (Lund, Sweden) and Mattias Palm (Bara, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC) is disclosed, which is configured to receive an analog input signal and provide a digital output signal. The SAR ADC comprises a capacitor bank for successively providing a plurality of signal levels based on a sample value of the analog input signal, wherein each si...