ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,649, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Heat management circuit, method for operating the same, and electronic device and data processing apparatus including the same" was invented by Jeong Hyun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Sung Ju Yoo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Ji Hun Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat management circuit may include a throttling circuit configured to cool, for a predetermined time amount, at least one semiconductor functional circuit, which is designed to perform a predetermined function, when a plurality of first temperature signals...