US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on June 16 for "Discharge circuit" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,726, issued on June 16, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Discharge circuit" was invented by Qiao Yang (Munich) and Stefan Herzer (Marzling, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit includes a first transistor coupled between a discharge terminal and a ground terminal. The first transistor has a first control terminal. A resistor is coupled between a power terminal and the first control terminal. A second transistor has a second control terminal coupled to the discharge terminal. A rectifying device is coupled between the resistor and the second transistor."

The patent was filed on Jan. 31, 2023, under Applic...