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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Neil Davies, Sonnenbuehl-Genkingen, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/976 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/976 ;
Abstract
A MOSFET component used to switch high currents includes a current path that is parallel-connected to the base-emitter link of the parasitic bipolar transistor, extracts the minority charge carriers, and prevents the parasitic transistor from being biased into conduction.