ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,385, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Rohm Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Semiconductor device configured to detect an abnormality of an external oscillation signal, display apparatus, and vehicle" was invented by Tomonori Nitta (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes, for example, an external terminal configured to accept an external input of an external oscillation signal, an internal oscillation portion configured to generate an internal oscillation signal, a logic inversion detection portion configured to generate a reset signal upon detecting logic inversion of a first internal signal correspond...