US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on Aug. 26 for "Integrated circuit apparatus and oscillator including a protective wiring provided between a pad and a circuit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,341, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Integrated circuit apparatus and oscillator including a protective wiring provided between a pad and a circuit" was invented by Yosuke Itasaka (Minowa, Japan) and Naoki Ii (Suwa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit apparatus includes a pad via which an AC signal is inputted or outputted, a circuit that overlaps with the pad in the plan view, protective wiring provided between the pad and the circuit, and a resistor having one end electrically coupled to the protective wiring and another end electrically coupled to an electric charge discharging...