ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,553, issued on July 14, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Reducing startup time in a crystal oscillator" was invented by Animesh Paul (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oscillator apparatus, including a first node adapted to be coupled to a first terminal of a crystal oscillator; a second node adapted to be coupled to a second terminal of the crystal oscillator; a transconductance circuit; a first switch coupled between the first node and the second node; and a second switch coupled between the transconductance circuit and the second node."

The patent was filed on July 25, 2024, under Application No....