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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2001
Applicants:
Martin Czech, Freiburg, DE;
Jürgen Kessel, Freiburg, DE;
Eckart Wagner, Voerstetten, DE;
Ulrich Theus, Gundelfingen, DE;
Inventors:
Martin Czech, Freiburg, DE;
Jürgen Kessel, Freiburg, DE;
Eckart Wagner, Voerstetten, DE;
Ulrich Theus, Gundelfingen, DE;
Assignee:
Micronas GmbH, Freiburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L029/74 ; H01L031/111 ; H01L023/62 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To protect against electrostatic discharges in monolithic integrated circuits in CMOS technology, a lateral thyristor structure is presented which has a much lower firing voltage compared to conventional thyristor structures.