GB2141301B - Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices - Google Patents

Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices

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Publication number
GB2141301B
GB2141301B GB08413887A GB8413887A GB2141301B GB 2141301 B GB2141301 B GB 2141301B GB 08413887 A GB08413887 A GB 08413887A GB 8413887 A GB8413887 A GB 8413887A GB 2141301 B GB2141301 B GB 2141301B
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Prior art keywords
devices
integrated circuit
circuit
protection
protection circuit
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Expired
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GB08413887A
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GB2141301A (en
GB8413887D0 (en
Inventor
Leslie Ronald Avery
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RCA Corp
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RCA Corp
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Publication of GB8413887D0 publication Critical patent/GB8413887D0/en
Publication of GB2141301A publication Critical patent/GB2141301A/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L27/00—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate
    • H01L27/02—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers
    • H01L27/04—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers the substrate being a semiconductor body
    • H01L27/06—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers the substrate being a semiconductor body including a plurality of individual components in a non-repetitive configuration
    • H01L27/07—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers the substrate being a semiconductor body including a plurality of individual components in a non-repetitive configuration the components having an active region in common
    • H01L27/0744—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers the substrate being a semiconductor body including a plurality of individual components in a non-repetitive configuration the components having an active region in common without components of the field effect type
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00—Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having potential barriers; Capacitors or resistors having potential barriers, e.g. a PN-junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/66—Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/68—Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor controllable by only the electric current supplied, or only the electric potential applied, to an electrode which does not carry the current to be rectified, amplified or switched
    • H01L29/70—Bipolar devices
    • H01L29/74—Thyristor-type devices, e.g. having four-zone regenerative action
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L27/00—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate
    • H01L27/02—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers
    • H01L27/0203—Particular design considerations for integrated circuits
    • H01L27/0248—Particular design considerations for integrated circuits for electrical or thermal protection, e.g. electrostatic discharge [ESD] protection
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/08—Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage
    • H03K17/081—Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage without feedback from the output circuit to the control circuit
    • H03K17/0814—Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage without feedback from the output circuit to the control circuit by measures taken in the output circuit
    • H03K17/08146—Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage without feedback from the output circuit to the control circuit by measures taken in the output circuit in bipolar transistor switches

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Integrated Circuits (AREA)
  • Bipolar Integrated Circuits (AREA)
  • Emergency Protection Circuit Devices (AREA)
GB08413887A 1981-01-30 1984-05-31 Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices Expired GB2141301B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US23035781A 1981-01-30 1981-01-30
US32621981A 1981-12-01 1981-12-01

Publications (3)

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GB8413887D0 GB8413887D0 (en) 1984-07-04
GB2141301A GB2141301A (en) 1984-12-12
GB2141301B true GB2141301B (en) 1985-07-24

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GB8201501A Expired GB2092377B (en) 1981-01-30 1982-01-19 Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices
GB08413887A Expired GB2141301B (en) 1981-01-30 1984-05-31 Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices

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GB8201501A Expired GB2092377B (en) 1981-01-30 1982-01-19 Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices

Country Status (8)

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KR (1) KR860000714B1 (en)
CA (1) CA1179406A (en)
DE (1) DE3201933A1 (en)
ES (2) ES508976A0 (en)
FI (1) FI74166C (en)
FR (1) FR2499325B1 (en)
GB (2) GB2092377B (en)
IT (1) IT1151504B (en)

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JPS5948951A (en) * 1982-09-14 1984-03-21 Toshiba Corp Semiconductor protective device
US4484244A (en) * 1982-09-22 1984-11-20 Rca Corporation Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices
US4562454A (en) * 1983-12-29 1985-12-31 Motorola, Inc. Electronic fuse for semiconductor devices
KR900008746B1 (en) * 1986-11-19 1990-11-29 삼성전자 주식회사 Semiconductor device protecting a connection
DE3835569A1 (en) * 1988-10-19 1990-05-03 Telefunken Electronic Gmbh Protective arrangement
DE4004526C1 (en) * 1990-02-14 1991-09-05 Texas Instruments Deutschland Gmbh, 8050 Freising, De
US5224169A (en) * 1991-05-13 1993-06-29 Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. Protection arrangement for an audio output channel
US5235489A (en) * 1991-06-28 1993-08-10 Sgs-Thomson Microelectronics, Inc. Integrated solution to high voltage load dump conditions
USD794465S1 (en) 2015-08-28 2017-08-15 The Procter & Gamble Company Container
USD793867S1 (en) 2015-08-28 2017-08-08 The Procter & Gamble Company Container
USD793250S1 (en) 2015-09-07 2017-08-01 The Procter & Gamble Company Container

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US3524113A (en) * 1967-06-15 1970-08-11 Ibm Complementary pnp-npn transistors and fabrication method therefor
DE1901075A1 (en) * 1969-01-10 1970-08-13 Bosch Gmbh Robert Two-pole electrical switching element
JPS55113358A (en) * 1979-02-23 1980-09-01 Hitachi Ltd Semiconductor device
GB2056808A (en) * 1979-08-17 1981-03-18 Lumenition Ltd Power transistor protection

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Publication number Publication date
KR830009654A (en) 1983-12-22
CA1179406A (en) 1984-12-11
FI820197L (en) 1982-07-31
ES8307416A1 (en) 1983-06-16
KR860000714B1 (en) 1986-06-07
ES8403245A1 (en) 1984-03-01
ES508976A0 (en) 1983-06-16
FR2499325A1 (en) 1982-08-06
DE3201933C2 (en) 1987-01-08
ES520411A0 (en) 1984-03-01
FR2499325B1 (en) 1985-07-26
IT8219185A0 (en) 1982-01-19
FI74166C (en) 1987-12-10
GB2092377B (en) 1985-07-31
GB2141301A (en) 1984-12-12
IT1151504B (en) 1986-12-24
GB8413887D0 (en) 1984-07-04
FI74166B (en) 1987-08-31
DE3201933A1 (en) 1982-08-12
GB2092377A (en) 1982-08-11

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
727 Application made for amendment of specification (sect. 27/1977)
727A Application for amendment of specification now open to opposition (sect. 27/1977)
727B Case decided by the comptroller ** specification amended (sect. 27/1977)
SP Amendment (slips) printed
PE20 Patent expired after termination of 20 years

Effective date: 20020118