ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,614, issued on July 7, was assigned to MagnaChip Semiconductor Ltd. (Cheongju-si, South Korea).

"Buffer circuit having enhanced slew rate" was invented by Hyoungkyu Kim (Cheongju-si, South Korea) and Sangho Lee (Cheongju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A buffer circuit includes an input stage configured to provide a differential current to a load stage or receive the differential current from the load stage based on a difference between an input voltage and an output voltage, wherein the load stage is configured to apply gate voltages to first and second output transistors of an output stage, and wherein the output stag...