ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,324, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Supply selection circuit with input noise suppression and wide operating range" was invented by Damian Panter (Freising, Germany), Carsten Ingo Stoerk (Freising, Germany) and Florian Neveu (Neufahrn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an example, a method includes enabling a first voltage supply and a second voltage supply. The method also includes selecting, with a decision comparator, a selected voltage supply from either the first voltage supply or the second voltage supply based on which of the first voltage supply or the second voltage supply ramps ...