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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2005
Applicant:
Cecil Kent Walters, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Cecil Kent Walters, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Microsemi Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for protecting I/O lines using low capacitance steering diodes () and PIN or NIP diodes (), () is disclosed. A low capacitance diode arrangement configured as steering diodes protect a signal line or input/output (I/O) port () from high voltage transients by diverting or directing the transient to either the positive side of the power supply line () or to ground ().