ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,588, issued on July 14, was assigned to Nexperia B.V. (Nijmegen, Netherlands).

"Cross-coupled latch charge pump as well as a method of operating such a cross-coupled latch charge pump" was invented by Mark Jones (Kernersville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cross-coupled latch charge pump is provided, including a first inverter, a second inverter, and an output of the first inverter is connected to an input of the second inverter and an output of the second inverter is connected to an input of the first inverter. The first supply terminals of both the first and second inverter are connected to an output capacitor and second su...