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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:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2005
Applicants:
Irfan Rahim, San Jose, CA (US);
Cheng Hsiung Huang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yow-juang Bill Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey T. Watt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hugh Sung-ki O, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Irfan Rahim, San Jose, CA (US);
Cheng Hsiung Huang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yow-Juang Bill Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey T. Watt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hugh Sung-Ki O, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) includes a multiple-finger transistor structure. The multiple-finger transistor structure includes one transistor configured as a ballasted device. The multiple-finger transistor structure further includes a second transistor configured as a trigger device for the ballasted device.