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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas Brisbin, San Jose, CA (US);
Andy Strachan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/978 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/978 ;
Abstract
In a LDMOS transistor or matrix of transistors, hot carrier degradation effects are reduced by providing a ring drain and providing the ring drain with an overvoltage bias relative to the internal drain(s) of the LDMOS transistors.