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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:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
Applicants:
Thomas Keena, Chandler, AZ (US);
Ki Chang, Kansas City, MO (US);
Francine Y. Robb, Fountain Hills, AZ (US);
Mingjiao Liu, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Ali Salih, Mesa, AZ (US);
John Michael Parsey, Jr., Phoenix, AZ (US);
George Chang, Tempe, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Keena, Chandler, AZ (US);
Ki Chang, Kansas City, MO (US);
Francine Y. Robb, Fountain Hills, AZ (US);
Mingjiao Liu, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Ali Salih, Mesa, AZ (US);
John Michael Parsey, Jr., Phoenix, AZ (US);
George Chang, Tempe, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/76 (2006.01); H01L 23/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, the ESD device uses highly doped P and N regions deep within the ESD device to form a zener diode that has a controlled breakdown voltage.