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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:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
Applicants:
Jenn Hwa Huang, Chandler, AZ (US);
Jose L. Suarez, Chandler, AZ (US);
Yun Wei, Chandler, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/532 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate, a device structure supported by the semiconductor substrate, and a guard ring surrounding the device structure. The guard ring includes a plurality of conductive structures spaced apart from one another, supported by the semiconductor substrate, and coupled to a voltage source to establish an operating voltage for the guard ring.