ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,862, issued on June 16, was assigned to STMicroelectronics S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).
"Variable-gain amplifier, corresponding device and method" was invented by Gaetano Cosentino (Catania, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit includes an amplifier and a feedback network coupled between the input and the output of the amplifier. The feedback network includes a plurality of parallel coupled branches, each branch having a first selection switch coupled to the input, a second selection switch coupled to the output, and an impedance between the first and second selection switches. Each branch includes a plurality of signal ...