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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Aravind Chennimalai Appaswamy, Plano, TX (US);
James P. Di Sarro, Allen, TX (US);
Krishna Praveen Mysore Rajagopal, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Akram A. Salman, Plano, TX (US);
Muhammad Yusuf Ali, Allen, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/00 (2006.01); H01L 29/00 (2006.01); H04L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/02 (2006.01); H01L 29/10 (2006.01); H01L 29/08 (2006.01); H01L 29/739 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/0262 (2013.01); H01L 27/0255 (2013.01); H01L 29/083 (2013.01); H01L 29/1095 (2013.01); H01L 29/7393 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some examples, an electrostatic discharge (ESD) device comprises an insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) comprising a source terminal, an anode terminal, a gate terminal, and a body terminal; and at least one reverse bias device comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal couples to the source terminal and the second terminal couples to the body terminal.