ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,243,857, issued on March 4, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).
"Semiconductor integrated circuit" was invented by Motoki Imanishi (Fukuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a semiconductor integrated circuit that improves insulation reliability between a high-voltage circuit and a low-voltage circuit. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes the following: a first circuit controlled by a control signal of low voltage and driven at a higher voltage; a second circuit configured to output the control signal to the first circuit to control the driving of the first circuit; and a plurality of insulation ci...