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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2006
Cornelius Christian Russ, Diedorf, DE;
David Alvarez, Essex, VT (US);
Kiran V. Chatty, Williston, VT (US);
Jens Schneider, Munich, DE;
Robert Gauthier, Hinesburg, VT (US);
Martin Wendel, Hohenbrunn, DE;
Cornelius Christian Russ, Diedorf, DE;
David Alvarez, Essex, VT (US);
Kiran V. Chatty, Williston, VT (US);
Jens Schneider, Munich, DE;
Robert Gauthier, Hinesburg, VT (US);
Martin Wendel, Hohenbrunn, DE;
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An ESD protection device includes a source region, a channel region adjacent the source region, and an elongated drain region spaced from the source region by the channel region. The elongated drain region includes an unsilicided portion adjacent the channel and a silicided portion spaced from channel region by the unsilicided portion. A first ESD region is located beneath the silicided portion of the elongated drain region and a second ESD region is located beneath the unsilicided portion of the elongated drain region, the second ESD region being spaced from the first ESD region.