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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:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Benjamin M. Rice, Attleboro, MA (US);
Assignee:
Semiconductor Components Industries, L.L.C., Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/00 ;
Abstract
A method of forming a power device ( ) includes forming a power transistor ( ) and a pull-down transistor ( ) on a semiconductor die ( ). The pull-down transistor ( ) is enabled to rapidly and predictably disable the power transistor ( ). The pull-down transistor ( ) remains enabled for a first time period during the enabling of the power transistor ( ) to facilitate rapidly and predictably enabling the power transistor ( ).