ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,615, issued on July 7, was assigned to Renesas Electronics America Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Digital logic compatible inputs in compound semiconductor circuits" was invented by Victor Korol (San Diego) and Roberto Aparicio Joo (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a device comprising a semiconductor junction configured to generate a reference voltage, a voltage divider circuit, a comparator circuit, and a first output circuit. The voltage divider circuit may be configured to generate a first predetermined threshold voltage in response to the reference voltage. The comparator circuit may be configured to gener...