ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,601, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Switch-based voltage translator" was invented by Ajith Kumar Narayanasetty (Bangalore, India) and Sahil Garg (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an example, a system includes a first transistor having a control terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal. The system also includes a resistor having first and second terminals, the first terminal of the resistor coupled to the control terminal of the first transistor, and the second terminal of the resistor coupled to a first voltage terminal. The system includes a second transistor having a ...