ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,978, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Sharp Semiconductor Innovation Corp. (Tenri, Japan).
"Electronic circuit" was invented by Haruhiko Shigemasa (Tenri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic circuit includes the following: a first circuit configured to generate a first output having a first voltage-rise time; a second circuit configured to vary, in accordance with data included in challenge data, the first output to a second output having a second voltage-rise time different from the first voltage-rise time; and a third circuit in which an initial value is inconstant, and in which an output value varies in accordance...