ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,408, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Operating modes for testing monitor circuits" was invented by Ariton E. Xhafa (Plano, Texas), Mathew Giaramita (New York), Minghua Fu (Plano, Texas), Arvind Kandhalu (Frisco, Texas) and Jonathan Nafziger (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided. In some examples, the system includes a control circuit and a plurality of monitor circuits including a first monitor circuit. In a production mode, the control circuit is configured to test the plurality of monitor circuits. In a storage mode after testing the plurality of monitor circuits in the produ...