ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,370, issued on May 27, was assigned to Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas).

"Ultrasound transmit-receive switch with combined transmit-receive and return-to-zero path" was invented by Aravind Miriyala (Bengaluru, India), Ravikumar Pattipaka (Bengaluru, India), Raja Sekhar Kanakamedala (Bengaluru, India) and Sandeep Kesrimal Oswal (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound system includes a transmit-receive switch. The transmit-receive switch includes a combined transmit-receive and return-to-zero (RTZ) path. The combined transmit-receive and RTZ path includes a transistor with a first current terminal, a second curren...