US Patent Issued to NXP USA on Oct. 20 for "ESD protection circuit and method therefor" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,123, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to NXP USA Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"ESD protection circuit and method therefor" was invented by Michael A Stockinger (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit is provided. The ESD protection circuit includes a clamp circuit coupled between a first voltage supply node and a second voltage supply node. The clamp circuit includes a first transistor coupled in series with a second transistor. The first transistor includes a control electrode coupled to the second voltage supply node by way of a first resistor. The second transistor includes a first...