ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,985, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Power clamp circuit and electronic device including power clamp circuit" was invented by Gyu Nam Kim (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power clamp circuit includes an electro-static discharge (ESD) current discharge circuit including a first MOS transistor, a second MOS transistor, and a third MOS transistor that are coupled in series between a first power rail coupled to a supply voltage and a second power rail coupled to a ground voltage, a first triggering circuit including a first resistor, a first capacitor, and a fourth MOS t...