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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
David D. Marreiro, Oakland, CA (US);
Yupeng Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Ralph Wall, Pocatello, ID (US);
Umesh Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);
Harry Yue Gee, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/02 (2006.01); H01L 29/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/0262 (2013.01); H01L 27/0248 (2013.01); H01L 29/7416 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an ESD device is configured to include a trigger device that assists in forming a trigger of the ESD device. The trigger device is configured to enable a transistor or a transistor of an SCR responsively to an input voltage having a value that is no less than the trigger value of the ESD device.