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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2005
Jack L. Glenn, Kokomo, MI (US);
Troy D. Clear, Kokomo, IN (US);
Mark W. Gose, Kokomo, IN (US);
John M. Dikeman, Kokomo, IN (US);
Jack L. Glenn, Kokomo, MI (US);
Troy D. Clear, Kokomo, IN (US);
Mark W. Gose, Kokomo, IN (US);
John M. Dikeman, Kokomo, IN (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A protection device for handling energy transients includes a plurality of basic unit Zener diodes connected in series to achieve a desired breakdown voltage. Each of the basic unit Zener diodes is formed in a first-type substrate. Each of the basic unit Zener diodes comprises a second-type well formed in the substrate, a second-type Zener region formed in the second-type well and a first-type+ region formed over the second-type Zener region between a first and second second-type+ region.