ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,191, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (Hillsboro, Ore.).

"High-speed multi-mode logic block with combined outputs for programmable logic devices" was invented by Bradley A. Sharpe-Geisler (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure include improved logic blocks with combined outputs for programmable logic devices and methods of operating and programming these logic blocks. In an exemplary aspect, a programmable logic device (PLD) is described. In some embodiments, the PLD includes a logic block. The logic block may include a first look-up table (LUT) circuit con...