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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. 31, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ali Akbar Iranmanesh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
437 31 ; 437 26 ; 437 33 ; 437162 ; 148D / ; 148D / ; 257514 ; 257518 ;
Abstract
A bipolar transistor is provided whose emitter surrounds the base. The transistor has in some embodiments a high ratio of the emitter area to the base area and low collector and emitter resistances. Further, a transistor is provided in which a collector contact region is surrounded by the base. Consequently, a low collector resistance is obtained in some embodiments.