ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,677, issued on April 21, was assigned to HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES Ltd. (Tainan City, Taiwan).

"Driving circuit" was invented by Chia-Chu Chien (Tainan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving circuit is provided, including first to second output stage circuits that output, respectively, first and second voltages of a first polarity. The driving circuit further includes a first switch having a first terminal receiving the first voltage from the first output stage circuit and a second terminal coupled to a first output channel through a switching circuit, and a second switch having a first terminal receiving the second voltage ...