ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,998, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).
"Apparatus with voltage protection mechanism" was invented by James E. Davis (Meridian, Idaho), Milind Nemchand Furia (Boise, Idaho), Michael D. Chaine (Boise, Idaho) and Eric J. Smith (Boise, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a protection circuit electrically connected to first and second voltage domains. The protection circuit includes a first silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) and a second SCR connected in anti-parallel configuration. The first SCR is configured to connect the first voltage domain and the second voltage domain b...