ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,774, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to MediaTek Inc. (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

"Buffer circuits and semiconductor structures thereof" was invented by Hao-Hsiang Yu (Hsinchu City, Taiwan) and Jen-Hang Yang (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A buffer circuit is provided to output an output signal at an output node. The buffer circuit includes first and second inverters and first and second switches. The first inverter inverts an input signal. The second inverter is coupled between the first inverter and the output node. The first switch is coupled between a first voltage source terminal and the output node. The second ...