US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics (Alps), STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) on Oct. 21 for "Protection of a domain of an integrated circuit against overvoltages" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,185, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS (Grenoble, France) and STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS (Grenoble, France).

"Protection of a domain of an integrated circuit against overvoltages" was invented by Nicolas Moeneclaey (Vourey, France) and Jean-Luc Patry (Crolles, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In embodiments, an integrated circuit is provided that includes an input/output cell having a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal connected to a domain and capable of withstanding a maximum voltage greater than the power supply voltage. The input/output cell further includes an array of...