US Patent Issued to MELEXIS TECHNOLOGIES on March 24 for "Integrated circuit with error detection circuit for monitoring connection with an external component" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,955, issued on March 24, was assigned to MELEXIS TECHNOLOGIES SA (Bevaix, Switzerland).

"Integrated circuit with error detection circuit for monitoring connection with an external component" was invented by Lionel Tombez (Bevaix, Switzerland) and Sebastien Leroy (Bevaix, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit having an error detection circuit for detecting an error in a connection with an electrical component. The error detection circuit includes a control circuit, a terminal arranged to connect the electrical component, and a driver coupled to the terminal and arranged to be controlled by the control circu...