US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Dec. 2 for "Electro-static discharge (ESD) protection circuit and electronic device including ESD protection circuit" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,290, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Electro-static discharge (ESD) protection circuit and electronic device including ESD protection circuit" was invented by Seung Ho Lee (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro-static discharge (ESD) protection circuit includes an ESD current discharge circuit including a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor, connected in series and connected between a pad and a ground voltage, an ESD detection circuit configured to turn on the third transistor when the ESD event occurs, and a bias generation circuit configu...