The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 16, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2014
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Albert Jan Huitsing, Nijmegen, NL;
Jan Claes, Nijmegen, NL;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Disclosed is a PNP ESD integrated circuit, including a substrate, an active region formed within the substrate, the active region including at least one base region of a second conductivity type, a plurality of collector regions of a first conductivity type formed within the active region, a plurality of emitter regions of the first conductivity type formed within the active region, and a local interconnect layer (LIL) contacting the plurality of emitter regions and the plurality of collector regions, the LIL including cooling fin contacts formed on the collector regions to enhance the current handling capacity of the collector regions.