ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,568, issued on July 14, was assigned to NXP USA Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Programmable gain amplifier" was invented by Yann Cargouet (Portet sur Garonne, France) and Guillaume Mouret (Portet-sur-Garonne, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A programmable gain amplifier that comprises: a transconductance amplifier, a switch leakage compensation circuit and a transimpedance amplifier. The transconductance amplifier provides a transconductance amplifier current signal and includes a switchable resistance network. The switch leakage compensation circuit provides a compensation current signal and comprises a switchable compensation resista...