ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,645,237, issued on June 2, was assigned to Nordic Semiconductor ASA (Trondheim, Norway).

"Current limiting circuit portion" was invented by Hsin-Ta Wu (Trondheim, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current limiting circuit portion for limiting an output current of an electronic device includes an input voltage line for receiving an input voltage and a trimming circuit portion. The trimming circuit portion includes a resistive part providing a first resistance that is configurable based on one or more resistance control signals applied thereto, and a condition-tracking part connected in series with the resistive part that includes a c...