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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Shekar Mallikarjunaswamy, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/04 (2006.01); H01L 23/60 (2006.01); H01L 23/495 (2006.01); H01L 27/02 (2006.01); H01L 25/18 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 29/08 (2006.01); H01L 29/10 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01); H01L 29/49 (2006.01); H01L 29/735 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 29/861 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/046 (2013.01); H01L 23/49562 (2013.01); H01L 23/49575 (2013.01); H01L 23/60 (2013.01); H01L 25/18 (2013.01); H01L 27/0248 (2013.01); H01L 27/0277 (2013.01); H01L 29/0688 (2013.01); H01L 29/0808 (2013.01); H01L 29/0821 (2013.01); H01L 29/0847 (2013.01); H01L 29/1008 (2013.01); H01L 29/1095 (2013.01); H01L 29/4236 (2013.01); H01L 29/4916 (2013.01); H01L 29/735 (2013.01); H01L 29/78 (2013.01); H01L 29/861 (2013.01); H01L 2224/04042 (2013.01); H01L 2224/16245 (2013.01); H01L 2224/32145 (2013.01); H01L 2224/48247 (2013.01); H01L 2224/73253 (2013.01); H01L 2224/73265 (2013.01);
Abstract
A MOSFET and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device on a common chip includes a MOSFET with a source, a gate, and a drain, and an ESD protection device configured to implement a diode function that is biased to prevent current from flowing through the common chip from the source to the drain.