US Patent Issued to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES on Sept. 9 for "Short-circuit detector for electronic fuse circuit" (Czech Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,064, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Short-circuit detector for electronic fuse circuit" was invented by Jiri Forejtek (Vidce, Czech Republic) and Petr Rozsypal (Hutisko-Solanec, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic fuse that includes a clamp circuit to enhance the protection provided by the electronic fuse. The clamp circuit can detect a short circuit condition quickly and transmit a trigger signal to a controller so that a power transistor of the electronic fuse can be turned-OFF before the current through the power transistor causes overheatin...