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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Baptiste Quoirin, Tours, FR;
Jean Jalade, Castanet-Tolosan, FR;
Jean-Louis Sanchez, Escalquens, FR;
Jean-Pierre Laur, Albi, FR;
Assignee:
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A., Gentilly, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257355 ; 257174 ; 257368 ; 257392 ; 257393 ; 257402 ; 257403 ;
Abstract
A static self-locking micro-circuit-breaker includes a first MOS depletion transistor of a first type connected by its drain to a first main terminal and by its gate to a second main terminal, a second MOS depletion transistor of second type connected by its drain to the second main terminal and by its source to the source of the first transistor, a third MOS depletion transistor of the first type connected by its drain to the first main terminal, by its gate to the second main terminal, and by its source to the gate of the second transistor.