ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,195, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Digital IPSG, 2-level DAC and flash ADC" was invented by Fabrice Paillet (Portland, Ore.), Jason Muhlestein (Beaverton, Ore.), James Keith Hodgson (Hillsboro, Ore.), Shivadarshan Bidadi Rajeurs (Hillsboro, Ore.), George Matthew (Beaverton, Ore.), Anand Ramasundar (Portland, Ore.), Cary Renzema (North Plains, Ore.), Po-Cheng Chen (Tigard, Ore.), Sergio Carlo Rodriguez (Hillsboro, Ore.) and Seng Rou Tey (Penang, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, system, and method for digital-to-analog (converter) control are provided. A DAC includes a first...