ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,361, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Low-leakage electrostatic discharge clamp circuit" was invented by Akram A Salman (Cedar Park, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure is directed to an electrostatic discharge clamp circuit with reduced leakage including a switching circuit and a trigger circuit. The switching circuit may include a first switch and a second switch. A drain and a gate of the first switch may be couple to a power supply rail. The first switch may close in response to a voltage spike. Moreover, a drain of the second switch may be coupled to a source of the first switch ...