ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,585, issued on June 23, was assigned to Cisco Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"High speed current mode mux with inductive input" was invented by Ian Dedic (Maynard, Mass.) and Darren Walker (Maynard, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a method of adjusting a current steering multiplexer. The method includes providing a first subDAC comprising a first current mode output; providing a second subDAC comprising a second current mode output; and providing a current mode multiplexer. The method may also include clocking the current mode multiplexer using a first clock signal having a first...