ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,746, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Wired communication receiver with DC level shift" was invented by Jian-Ru Lin (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Ying-Cheng Wu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Yung-Tai Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Jun-Ye Wu (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receiver for wired communication includes a DC (direct current) level shift circuit and an analog-to-digital converter circuit. The DC level shift circuit is configured to receive a first signal and generate a second signal, in which the DC level shift circuit comprises a capacitor, and the DC level shift circuit is further c...