ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,218,641, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Biased amplifier" was invented by Sudheer Prasad (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one example an amplifier includes a bias circuit, an open-loop gain stage including a first PMOS having a gate coupled to a first node, a source coupled to a second node, a drain coupled to a third node, and a bulk coupled to the bias circuit, a second PMOS having a gate coupled to a ground node, a source coupled to the second node, a drain coupled to a fourth node, and a bulk coupled to the bias circuit, a first NMOS having a drain and a gate coupled to the third...