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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Myoung-gon Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Ki-whan Song, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Myoung-Gon Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Ki-Whan Song, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device includes an I/O terminal structure and a current discharge structure. The current discharge structure includes a conductive region separated from a bridge region by a gate electrode, a well region formed below the conductive region, another well region separated from the well region by another conductive region, and multiple additional conductive regions implementing dual current discharge paths through another well region.