US Patent Issued to SKYECHIP BERHAD on Aug. 25 for "Circuitry for low-dropout regulator with overvoltage protection circuit" (Malaysian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,367, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SKYECHIP BERHAD (Bayan Lepas, Malaysia).

"Circuitry for low-dropout regulator with overvoltage protection circuit" was invented by Jaw Wen Chew (Bayan Lepas, Malaysia) and Chun Wei Lee (Bayan Lepas, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for regulating power supply using a low-dropout regulator may include detecting voltage levels based on a predetermined first voltage level as high voltage and a second voltage level as medium voltage, wherein the high voltage is powered up followed by the medium voltage; a shifting bias mechanism when high voltage is detected during the initial powe...