ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,433, issued on June 30, was assigned to Nuvoton Technology Corporation Japan (Kyoto, Japan).

"Analog-to-digital conversion circuit and current measurement circuit" was invented by Hitoshi Kobayashi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An analog-to-digital conversion circuit includes: a first variable gain amplifier connected to an input terminal; a first AD converter connected to the first variable gain amplifier; a second variable gain amplifier connected to the input terminal; a second AD converter connected to the second variable gain amplifier; a selection circuit to which an output of the first AD converter and an output...