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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2006
Applicants:
Leo F. Luquette, Monument, CO (US);
Marc D. Hartranft, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Scott Ward, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gina Liao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Leo F. Luquette, Monument, CO (US);
Marc D. Hartranft, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Scott Ward, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gina Liao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/20 (2006.01); H02H 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus to provide electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection to electronic circuits using a combination of low voltage and high voltage transistors.