ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,645, issued on April 14, was assigned to LAPIS Technology Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Discharge control circuit" was invented by Takatsugu Kai (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A discharge control circuit includes: a first gate voltage output circuit that outputs a first gate voltage supplied to a transistor connected to a capacitive load; a second gate voltage output circuit that outputs a second gate voltage supplied to the transistor; and a switching control circuit that switches supply of the first gate voltage and the second gate voltage to the transistor. The first gate voltage output circuit includes: a voltage...