ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,203, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Data-path architecture for analog-to-digital converters" was invented by Heng Zhang (Irvine, Calif.), Delong Cui (Tustin, Calif.) and Jun Cao (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example data path to a receiver includes: an analog front-end circuit (AFE) configured to receive a first voltage supply; a first circuit coupled to an output of the AFE, the first circuit including: a first buffer having an input coupled to the output of the AFE; a second buffer; a first switch coupled between an output of the first buffer and...