ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,113, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
"Simplified thermal model for electronic fuse" was invented by Bart De Cock (Wespelaar, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling an electronic fuse ("eFuse") in an electric circuit includes sensing a measured current in the circuit using a current sensor. An accumulator value of a register/accumulator represents thermal energy associated with the measured current. A range of the measured current is determined in response to: (i) the measured current exceeding the predetermined maximum current, or (ii) the accumu...