ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,449, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Rohm Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Semiconductor device" was invented by Takeshi Seike (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes: a capacitor connection terminal configured to enable an external connection of a capacitor; a charger configured to charge the capacitor; an ESD protector connected to the capacitor connection terminal; and a current injector including a same component which is the same as the ESD protector and is configured to inject a current based on a leakage current flowing through the same component into a charging path where charging is performed b...