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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Franz Unterleitner, Kalsdorf, AT;
Inventor:
Franz Unterleitner, Kalsdorf, AT;
Assignee:
Austriamicrosystems AG, Unterpremstatten, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A zener diode circuit includes a semiconductor substrate having an N-doped region and a P-doped region that form a PN junction. The N-doped region and the P-doped region have areas with widths that decrease as the N-doped region and the P-doped region approach the PN junction. The zener diode circuit also includes a transistor that provides current to the zener diode, and circuitry that detects a state of the zener diode.