ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,033, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ABLIC Inc. (Tokyo).
"ESD protection circuit and semiconductor device" was invented by Kazuhiro Tsumura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ESD protection circuit is connected between a VDD terminal and a VSS terminal and is connected in parallel with an internal circuit which operates at an operating voltage and is damaged at a damage voltage or higher to protect the internal circuit from electrostatic discharge. The ESD protection circuit includes ESD protection elements connected in series. The ESD protection elements are transistors, diode elements, or a combination thereof. A sum of ...