US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on March 25 for "Short detection circuit" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,429, issued on March 25, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Short detection circuit" was invented by Rampal Barjati (Sikar, India), Akhila Gundavarapu (Bangalore, India) and Lokesh Ghulyani (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A short detection circuit includes a first transistor, a switched load circuit, a second transistor, a switched capacitor circuit, and a comparator. The first transistor is configured to conduct a load current. The switched load circuit is coupled to the first transistor. The switched load circuit is configured to switchably draw a test current. The second transistor is coupled to th...