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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
May. 03, 2010
Applicants:
Alexei Ankoudinov, Redmond, WA (US);
Vladimir Rodov, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard A. Blanchard, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alexei Ankoudinov, Redmond, WA (US);
Vladimir Rodov, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard A. Blanchard, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics N.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Semiconductor protection devices, and related methods and systems, especially devices for providing series current limiting. The device typically comprises two regenerative building blocks and/or MOSFETs connected back-to-back in series, where one of the MOSFETs/Regenerative Building Blocks has an extra voltage probe electrode that provides a regenerative signal with self-limited voltage to the other via coupling to its gate electrode.