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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. 06, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon City, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257355 ; 257356 ; 257357 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an electrostatic discharge protection device of a semiconductor memory device which comprises a gate and a bulk region of first conduction type which are commonly connected to a first power supply, a first diffused region of second conduction type formed in the bulk region, isolated from the gate by a dielectric and connected to the second power supply, and a second diffused region of second conduction type separated from the first diffused region in the bulk region, isolated from the gate by the dielectric and connected to the signal voltage.