ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,531, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to LAPIS TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Delay time control circuit" was invented by Daisuke Nihei (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delay time control circuit, wherein the delay time control circuit outputs a delay signal to a signal output circuit for outputting a PWM signal to an output circuit, the delay signal being an instruction to stop output of the PWM signal after elapse of a predetermined delay time from an end of a cycle of the PWM signal being output by the signal output circuit."

The patent was filed on March 28, 2024, under Application No. 18/619,422.

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