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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2008
Applicants:
Akhil Garlapati, Woburn, MA (US);
Bruce Philip Del Signore, Hollis, NH (US);
Inventors:
Akhil Garlapati, Woburn, MA (US);
Bruce Philip Del Signore, Hollis, NH (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/0175 (2006.01); H02H 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit includes USB communication circuitry for communicating via a USB interface. The USB transceiver circuitry transmits data to and from the integrated circuit over the USB interface. The USB transceiver circuitry further provides protection to internal circuitry of the integrated circuit from a 5 volt short circuit on the USB interface.