US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on Dec. 9 for "Schmitt trigger with pull-up transistor" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,773, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Schmitt trigger with pull-up transistor" was invented by Manoj Kumar Tiwari (Unnao, India) and Saiyid Mohammad Irshad Rizvi (New Delhi).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit includes an input pad and a Schmitt trigger coupled to the input pad. The Schmitt trigger includes a first inverter and a second inverter. The Schmitt trigger includes a pull-up transistor coupled to an input of the second inverter and configure to supply a high reference voltage to the input of the second inverter."

The patent was filed on Feb. 15, 2024, under A...