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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:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Ams Ag, Premstaetten, AT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
AMS AG, Premstaetten, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/107 (2006.01); H01L 31/11 (2006.01); H01L 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/1105 (2013.01); H01L 31/02027 (2013.01);
Abstract
The semiconductor device comprises a bipolar transistor with emitter, base and collector, a current or voltage source electrically connected with the emitter, and a quenching component electrically connected with the collector, the bipolar transistor being configured for operation at a collector-to-base voltage above the breakdown voltage.