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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 26, 2018
Applicant:

Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventor:

Jeremy C. Smith, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/04 (2006.01); H01L 27/02 (2006.01); H01L 29/739 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/046 (2013.01); H01L 27/0262 (2013.01); H01L 27/0266 (2013.01); H01L 27/0292 (2013.01); H01L 29/7394 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment, an apparatus includes: a signal pad; a first diode having a first terminal coupled to the signal pad and a second terminal, the first diode having a first polarity; a second diode having a second terminal coupled to the signal pad and a first terminal, the second diode having a second polarity; a first insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) having a first polarity, the first IGBT coupled between the second terminal of the first diode and a reference voltage node; and a second IGBT having the first polarity, the second IGBT coupled between the first terminal of the second diode and the reference voltage node.


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