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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:
Mar. 21, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles E Weitzel, Mesa, AZ (US);
David J Halchin, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257355 ; 257356 ; 257259 ;
Abstract
A diode protected semiconductor device appropriate for the output of a radio frequency amplifier, which can withstand substantial power reflection due to output impedance mismatch, is provided. The device may be implemented monolithically, in the form of a field effect transistor (FET) (14) having a back to back diode pair (17) connecting the drain (18) to the source (19). The FET comprises multiple transistor portions (28) coupled together. The diode pair comprises corresponding diode pair portions (37) coupled together. The configuration provides easy integration of the diode pair (17) into typical FET structures.