ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,100, issued on July 7, was assigned to Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany).

"Adaptive digital non-linearity compensation on a silicon microphone" was invented by Dietmar Straeussnigg (Villach, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linearized system includes a nonlinear system configured for receiving an input signal; a digital nonlinear compensation component having an input coupled to an output of the nonlinear system, and having an output for generating an output signal; a low pass filter having an input coupled to the output of the digital nonlinear compensation component; a first summer having a first input configured...