ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,882, issued on July 29, was assigned to NANYA TECHNOLOGY Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Integrated circuits with CDM ESD protection capabilities" was invented by Chien Yu Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit includes a power rail, a connecting pad, a first internal circuit, a second internal circuit, and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit. The first internal circuit is coupled to the connecting pad through a first signal wire. The second internal circuit is coupled to the first internal circuit through a second signal wire. The ESD protection circuit is coupled between the secon...