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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:
Nov. 21, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Uzi Yoeli, Haifa, IL;
Zvi Orbach, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Chip Express (Israel) Ltd., Haifa, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
327566 ; 327565 ;
Abstract
This invention discloses an integrated circuit device including transistors having predetermined upper voltage limits, a multi-layer metal interconnect structure connecting the transistors to each other and to an external voltage source having a voltage in excess of the predetermined upper voltage limits of a first plurality of the transistors, and a voltage reducer connected along the interconnect structure between the external voltage source and the first plurality of the transistors.