ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,490, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Multiplying digital-to-analog converter (MDAC) and capacitor switching amplifier circuit thereof" was invented by Shih-Hsiung Huang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiplying digital-to-analog converter (MDAC) has two input terminals and two output terminals and includes: an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a selection circuit, first and second sampling and amplifying circuits, an operational amplifier, and an amplification and level shifting circuit. The ADC generates a selection signal according to first and second input sig...