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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:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Austria Ag, Villach, AT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 1/00 (2006.01); H02H 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/046 (2013.01); H01L 2924/1301 (2013.01); H02H 9/04 (2013.01); H02H 9/041 (2013.01); H02H 9/042 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example power device includes a semiconductor chip and an arrester element configurable to, in response to a voltage across the arrester element being greater than a threshold voltage, create a current path around an isolation layer configured to electrically isolate the semiconductor chip from a heat sink configured to dissipate heat generated by the semiconductor chip. In this example power device, the threshold voltage is less than a breakdown voltage of the isolation layer.