US Patent Issued to ALPS ALPINE on April 14 for "Protection circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,534, issued on April 14, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Protection circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit device" was invented by Akira Asao (Miyagi, Japan) and Kiyoshi Sasai (Miyagi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first gate drive outputs a first drive voltage to turn a first transistor on upon occurrence of a condition in which a voltage at a supply terminal is higher than a voltage at a ground terminal, the output first drive voltage being higher than the voltage at the ground terminal. A second gate drive outputs a second drive voltage to turn a second transistor on, upon occurrence of a condition i...