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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:
Nov. 15, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas R De Shazo, Jr, Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County, NJ (US);
Assignee:
GE Solid State Patents, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 35 ; 357 2313 ; 357 46 ; 357 51 ;
Abstract
A PNP transistor and a current limiting resistor are formed in a single active region of an integrated circuit device. The resistor is arranged to limit current flow between the emitter and collector regions of the transistor upon breakdown of the PN junctions due to momentary high voltage.