ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,833, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SK hynix system ic (Wuxi) Co. Ltd. (Jiangsu Province, China).
"Electro-static discharge protection device" was invented by Young Bum Eom (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro-static discharge (ESD) protection device includes a first diode pair coupled between an input/output pad and a supply voltage terminal to form a first discharge path, and a second diode pair coupled between the input/output pad and a ground terminal to form a second discharge path. The first diode pair includes a first P-type diode and a second P-type diode coupled in parallel, and the second ...