US Patent Issued to MediaTek on Oct. 7 for "Electrostatic discharge trigger circuit using voltage detection circuit to detect occurrence of electrostatic discharge event and associated method" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,362, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to MediaTek Inc. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Electrostatic discharge trigger circuit using voltage detection circuit to detect occurrence of electrostatic discharge event and associated method" was invented by Po-Ya Lai (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrostatic discharge (ESD) trigger circuit includes a voltage detection circuit and a trigger circuit. The voltage detection circuit is used to detect occurrence of an ESD event on an ESD-protected supply voltage according to the ESD-protected supply voltage and an additional supply voltage, and assert an enable signal in response to the ...