ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,204, issued on March 3, was assigned to FEI Co. (Hillsboro, Ore.).

"Solid state ESD SIC simulator" was invented by Marcos Hernandez (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrostatic discharge (ESD) test systems include a FET-based pulse generator using pairs of back-to-back FETs coupled to produce an ESD pulse based on discharging a capacitor that is coupled in series with a device under test (DUT). A number of FETs can be selected based on an intended ESD test voltage magnitude."

The patent was filed on Oct. 20, 2023, under Application No. 18/491,662.

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