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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:
Dec. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Louis L Hsu, Fishkill, NY (US);
Jente B Kuang, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Somnuk Ratanaphanyarat, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mary J Saccamango, Poughquag, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 56 ; 361 911 ; 361111 ; 361118 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and method for discharging the body of a monitored SOI device through first and second discharge circuits. The second discharge circuit is selectively activated when the body potential of the monitored SOI device is at a level such that the body charge of the monitored SOI device cannot be discharged entirely through the first discharge circuit within normal operating cycle time allowances.