ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,032, issued on April 1, was assigned to ABLIC Inc. (Nagano, Japan).
"Electrostatic protection circuit and semiconductor device" was invented by Tsutomu Tomioka (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrostatic protection circuit and a semiconductor device include: a first diode whose anode is connected to a signal terminal; a second diode whose cathode is connected to a cathode of the first diode and whose anode is connected to a GND terminal; and a depletion type MOS transistor connected in parallel with the first diode."
The patent was filed on Sept. 13, 2023, under Application No. 18/466,492.
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