ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,923, issued on May 19, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Level shifting circuit" was invented by Thomas Pierre Georges Jouanneau (ST-Egreve, France), Catherine Margaret Simone Marie Popon (Seyssins, France), Mario Martino Zampogna (Catania, Italy) and Lea Sandrina Frederique Enginger (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A level shifter includes a first input having low voltage switches, and is configured to receive an input voltage and to generate a second voltage which varies between a first low voltage and a first high voltage. The level shifter also includes a first output having medium vo...