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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. 14, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Etron Technology, Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/972 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/972 ;
Abstract
In this invention a deep N-type wall is created surrounding an area that contains an ESD device, or circuit. The ESD device, or circuit, is connected to a chip pad and is first surrounded by a P+ guard ring. The P+ guard ring is then surrounded by the deep N-type wall to block excess current from an ESD event or voltage overshoot from reaching the internal circuitry. The deep N-type wall comprises an N+ diffusion within an N-well which is on top of a deep N-well. The height of the deep N-type wall is approximately 4 to 6 micrometers which provides a capability to absorb much of the current from an ESD event or voltage overshoot.