ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,345, issued on May 13, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"Low-frequency oscillator monitoring circuit" was invented by Brett Forejt (Richardson, Texas), Hansheng Wang (Carrollton, Texas) and Noah Robb (Plano, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Low-frequency oscillator (LFO) monitoring circuits and methods. An example of an LFO monitoring circuit includes a resistor having first and second resistor terminals with the first resistor terminal coupled to a ground terminal, first and second transistors coupled between a supply voltage terminal and the second resistor terminal, the first transistor having a first control t...