US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on Aug. 4 for "Set-tolerant comparator" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,853, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Set-tolerant comparator" was invented by Aaron Chen (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A comparator includes a differential input, an output, a pair of first transistors coupled to the differential input, a pair of second transistors coupled to the output, and a SET protection circuit. Gate terminals of the pair of first transistors are coupled to the differential input of the comparator. The second terminals of the pair of second transistors are coupled to the second terminals of the pair of first transistors. The SET protection circuit has a current s...