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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. 11, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard L Gray, Alameda, CA (US);
Assignee:
Elantec, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307125 ; 307116 ; 34082579 ; 34082585 ; 364481 ; 257107 ; 257146 ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit chip with multiple switching element segments that cooperatively provide high power switching is provided with circuitry for isolating each individual switching element segment. The individual isolation of switching element segments enables bond wire continuity testing.