ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,355, issued on May 6, was assigned to MITSUMI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Semiconductor integrated circuit device" was invented by Yoichi Takano (Hadano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor integrate circuit device includes: an output transistor connected between a voltage input terminal to which a DC voltage is input and a voltage output terminal; a control circuit that controls on/off of the output transistor; a proportional current generation circuit capable of generating a current proportionally smaller than a current flowing through the output transistor; an overcurrent detection circuit capable of detecting an ...