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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:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Marc Tiebout, Finkenstein, AT;
Koen Mertens, Villach, AT;
Inventors:
Marc Tiebout, Finkenstein, AT;
Koen Mertens, Villach, AT;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Semiconductor device having an amplifier. In one embodiment, the amplifier includes a first amplifier path including a first input and a second amplifier path including a second input. An inductance having a connectable node is connected between the first and second inputs, the connectable node being symmetrically connected between the first and second inputs. At least one ESD protection structure is connected to the connectable node. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device is used in a communications device.