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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1999
Martin Buck, München, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
On the leads of an integrated semiconductor chip which establish a connection to external terminals of a supply voltage, highly clocked current pulses may result in the excitation of potential fluctuations through to resonance oscillations at an internal terminal of the respective lead. In order to attenuate these potential fluctuations, a resistance is prescribed for one or more leads, which resistance is large enough to attenuate the potential fluctuations but is small enough to cause only a predetermined maximum permissible voltage drop on the respective lead. The respective resistance can be obtained by using a material having a corresponding resistivity or by reducing the conductor cross section with a notch along the lead.