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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:
Aug. 02, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 56 ; 361 91 ;
Abstract
A circuit configuration protects the terminals of integrated circuits, in particular CMOS circuits. The circuit configuration includes bypass transistors connected between the terminals of the integrated circuit and respective supply potential terminals. The bypass transistors are thin-oxide transistors of the n-channel type and are connected such that their gate-to-source voltage is zero.