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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2005
Applicants:
Bernd Deutschmann, Munich, DE;
Bernd Fankhauser, Graz, AT;
Michael Mayerhofer, Graz, AT;
Pawel Chojecki, Graz, AT;
Inventors:
Bernd Deutschmann, Munich, DE;
Bernd Fankhauser, Graz, AT;
Michael Mayerhofer, Graz, AT;
Pawel Chojecki, Graz, AT;
Assignee:
Austriamicrosystems AG, Unterpremstaetten, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/00 (2006.01); H02H 3/20 (2006.01); H02H 9/04 (2006.01); H02H 3/22 (2006.01); H02H 1/00 (2006.01); H02H 1/04 (2006.01); H02H 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A circuit arrangement for protecting an integrated semiconductor circuit includes a protection circuit connected between an element to be protected and a reference potential. The protection circuit includes a thyristor structure. The circuit arrangement also includes a control circuit configured to drive the protection circuit by generating a plurality of control signals drive an active element of the protection circuit.