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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/02 (2006.01); H01L 23/525 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/0292 (2013.01); H01L 23/525 (2013.01);
Abstract
An integrated circuit with a fault reporting structure. The integrated circuit has at least one power MOSFET having a plurality of MOSFET cells with each MOSFET cell having a drain metal and a source metal, and the integrated circuit has a power MOSFET area for routing the drain metals and the source metals of the plurality of MOSFET cells. The fault reporting structure has a metal net routed in the power MOSFET area or in an area above or below the power MOSFET area.