ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,485, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Semiconductor device" was invented by Tomokazu Kojima (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first output transistor is connected between an output node connected to an output terminal and a ground terminal, and a second output transistor is connected between a power supply terminal and the output node. When disconnection of the ground terminal occurs, at least the first output transistor is turned off in response to a disconnection detection signal from a disconnection detection circuit, and a signal input to each circuit changes, causing a semiconductor de...