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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2009
Joseph A. Yedinak, Mountain Top, PA (US);
Richard L. Woodin, North Yarmouth, ME (US);
Christopher L. Rexer, Mountain Top, PA (US);
Praveen Muralheedaran Shenoy, Wilkes-Barre, PA (US);
Kwanghoon OH, Seoul, KR;
Chongman Yun, Seoul, KR;
Joseph A. Yedinak, Mountain Top, PA (US);
Richard L. Woodin, North Yarmouth, ME (US);
Christopher L. Rexer, Mountain Top, PA (US);
Praveen Muralheedaran Shenoy, Wilkes-Barre, PA (US);
Kwanghoon Oh, Seoul, KR;
Chongman Yun, Seoul, KR;
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, South Portland, ME (US);
Abstract
A method and device for protecting wide bandgap devices from failing during suppression of voltage transients. An improvement in avalanche capability is achieved by placing one or more diodes, or a PNP transistor, across the blocking junction of the wide bandgap device.