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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2008
Michael David Church, Sebastian, FL (US);
Alexander Kalnitsky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lawrence George Pearce, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Michael Ray Jayne, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Thomas Andrew Jochum, Durham, NC (US);
Michael David Church, Sebastian, FL (US);
Alexander Kalnitsky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lawrence George Pearce, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Michael Ray Jayne, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Thomas Andrew Jochum, Durham, NC (US);
Intersil Americas Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit includes a first and second diode connected in parallel. The first diode has a first breakdown voltage and has first P type region and first N type region adjacent to each other at the surface of the substrate of a substrate to form a lateral diode. The second diode has a second breakdown voltage less than the first breakdown voltage and has a second P type region and second N type region lateral adjacent to each other in the substrate to form a lateral diode below the surface The first and second N type regions overlap and the first and second P type region being electrically connected whereby the first and second diodes are in parallel.