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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. 20, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sachiko Edo, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/64 ; G06F 7/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/64 ; G06F 7/18 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor device of the invention comprises: an external terminal; an internal circuit connected to the external terminal; a MOS transistor whose gate terminal or common terminal of the drain and source is connected to the external terminal; and a bonding pad for applying a predetermined voltage to a terminal which is not connected to the external terminal of the MOS transistor.