ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,993, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SIGMASTAR TECHNOLOGY LTD. (Fujian, China).

"Wired transceiver with overvoltage protections" was invented by Jian-Feng Xue (Shanghai), Zhong Yuan Wan (Shanghai), Zhun Chen (Shanghai) and Guo Dong Liang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wired transceiver includes an output stage circuit and an input stage circuit. The output stage operates in one of a first mode and a second mode according to a mode control signal, and transmits multiple output signals to multiple output pads and receives a first set of bias voltages to provide a first overvoltage protection in the first mode, and stops ...