ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,799, issued on June 16, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Current limit circuitry with controlled current variation" was invented by Trilok Kamagond (Bangalore, India) and Sumantra Seth (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed corresponding to current limit circuitry with controlled current variation. An example circuit includes a voltage regulator configured to control a first transistor to regulate a supply voltage to a regulated voltage; and current limit circuitry configured to enable a second transistor to lower an output current when ...