US Patent Issued to Intel on July 7 for "Transistor over-voltage protection" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,606, issued on July 7, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Transistor over-voltage protection" was invented by Dharmaray Nedalgi (Bangalore, India) and Lavanya Manohar Nirikhi (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprises a first supply node to provide a first voltage and a second supply node to provide a second voltage lower than the first voltage. First and second transistors, of a first conductivity type, are coupled in series at a first common node, wherein the first transistor is coupled to the first supply node, and the second transistor is coupled to an output node. Third and fourth tra...