ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,778, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Adjustable voltage divider circuit and method" was invented by Motoki Tamura (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit includes a first capacitive device coupled between first and second nodes, a second capacitive device coupled between third and fourth nodes, a first switching device coupled between the first node and a voltage node, a second switching device coupled between the second node and a reference voltage node, a third switching device coupled between the third node and the voltage node, a fourth switc...