ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,903, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Voltage-to-time-to-voltage amplifier (VTVA) using time delay" was invented by Zeljko Ignjatovic (Rochester, N.Y.) and Behnam Sedighi (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a voltage-to-time-to-voltage amplifier (VTVA). The VTVA may include: a first input capacitive element selectively coupled to a first input node of the VTVA; a first amplifier having an input coupled to the first input capacitive element; a first current source configured to sink a first discharge current from the first input ...