ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,388, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SOCIONEXT INC. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Semiconductor device" was invented by Masayoshi Kojima (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes: an ESD protection circuit including a first n-channel MOS transistor provided between a signal terminal and a ground wire; and a control circuit electrically connected to the signal terminal, wherein, while a signal of a high level is being supplied to the signal terminal, the control circuit outputs a first voltage dropped from a high-level voltage of the signal to a gate of the first n-channel MOS transistor, and in response...