Texas Instruments was granted a patent for fault-triggered circuit protection.

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    "patent_abstract": "An example apparatus includes: a supply terminal; fuse circuitry having a first terminal, a second terminal, and an enable terminal, the first terminal of the fuse circuitry coupled to the supply terminal; fault circuitry having an enable terminal and a fault terminal, the enable terminal coupled to the supply terminal, the fault terminal coupled to the enable terminal of the fuse circuitry; and converter circuitry having a terminal coupled to the second terminal of the fuse circuitry.",
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