ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,450, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Huawei Technologies'Co.'Ltd.' (Shenzhen, China).

"Electronic device, photoelectric receiver, optical module, and network device" was invented by Hongyu Wang (Shanghai) and Yi Cao (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a first transistor, an electro-static discharging (ESD) circuit, a switch circuit, a signal input end, a first voltage end, and a switch signal control end. The ESD circuit is coupled between the first voltage end and a reference ground, and the ESD circuit is further separately coupled to a base electrode of the first transistor and the sign...