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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Austria Ag, Villach, AT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 29/20 (2006.01); H01L 29/778 (2006.01); H01L 23/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/8258 (2006.01); H01L 27/06 (2006.01); H01L 27/088 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/7827 (2013.01); H01L 21/8258 (2013.01); H01L 24/34 (2013.01); H01L 24/73 (2013.01); H01L 27/0688 (2013.01); H01L 27/0883 (2013.01); H01L 29/2003 (2013.01); H01L 29/7787 (2013.01); H01L 2224/48091 (2013.01); H01L 2224/48137 (2013.01); H01L 2224/49109 (2013.01); H01L 2224/73257 (2013.01); H01L 2924/12036 (2013.01); H01L 2924/13055 (2013.01); H01L 2924/13091 (2013.01); H01L 2924/181 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a switching circuit includes input drain, source and gate nodes, a high voltage depletion mode transistor including a current path coupled in series with a current path of a low voltage enhancement mode transistor, and an overheating detection circuit for detecting overheating of the switching circuit.