ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,414, issued on June 30, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"Fast discharge circuit" was invented by Avinash Shah (Jharsuguda, India), Kashyap Barot (Bengaluru, India) and Sreeram Nasum S (Bengaluru, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit incudes: a first transistor; a capacitor; a second transistor; and a second resistor. The first transistor has a current terminal and a first control terminal. The capacitor has a capacitor terminal coupled to the current terminal of the first transistor. The second transistor has a first current terminal, a second current terminal, and a second control terminal. The first curre...