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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:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven Paul Sapp, Felton, CA (US);
David S. Schoenwald, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, South Portland, ME (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/334 ; H01L 2/348 ; H02H 5/04 ; H02B 1/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/334 ; H01L 2/348 ; H02H 5/04 ; H02B 1/24 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor bilateral switch that minimizes the on-state resistance by making a common-source connection between the switch transistors internal to the package. Wire bonds internally connecting the source electrodes of the transistors also provide the function of one or both of a current sense resistor and fuse element.