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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2022
Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Tanuj Saxena, Chandler, AZ (US);
John Pigott, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Vishnu Khemka, Chandler, AZ (US);
Ljubo Radic, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Ganming Qin, Chandler, AZ (US);
NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor device has first and second current terminals and a control terminal that can be biased to form an electrically conductive path from the first current terminal to the second current terminal through a channel region is provided with a temperature-sensitive current limiting device. The current-limiting device is integrally formed from semiconductor material of the control terminal and is configured to cause a reduction in electrical current flowing through the channel region when the temperature of the device in the channel region exceeds a predetermined threshold temperature.