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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:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2008
Applicants:
Steven M. Etter, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Mingjiao Liu, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Ali Salih, Mesa, AZ (US);
David D. Marreiro, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Sudhama C. Shastri, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Steven M. Etter, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Mingjiao Liu, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Ali Salih, Mesa, AZ (US);
David D. Marreiro, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Sudhama C. Shastri, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/8222 (2006.01); H03K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a plurality of ESD devices are used to form an integrated semiconductor filter circuit. Additional diodes are formed in parallel with the ESD structures in order to increase the input capacitance.