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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:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Takayuki Saiki, Suwa, JP;
Satoru Ito, Okaya, JP;
Masahiko Moriguchi, Suwa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/62 (2006.01); H02H 9/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes N pad rows in which pads are respectively arranged, and electrostatic discharge protection elements disposed in a lower layer of the N pad rows and connected with each pad in the N pad rows. The electrostatic discharge protection elements are disposed in a lower layer of regions at least partially including each of the N pads.