GB2179494B - Protection structures for integrated circuits - Google Patents

Protection structures for integrated circuits

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Publication number
GB2179494B
GB2179494B GB8520038A GB8520038A GB2179494B GB 2179494 B GB2179494 B GB 2179494B GB 8520038 A GB8520038 A GB 8520038A GB 8520038 A GB8520038 A GB 8520038A GB 2179494 B GB2179494 B GB 2179494B
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Prior art keywords
integrated circuits
protection structures
structures
protection
circuits
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Expired
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GB8520038A
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GB8520038D0 (en
GB2179494A (en
Inventor
Nicholas Paul Cowley
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Plessey Co Ltd
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Plessey Co Ltd
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Priority to GB8520038A priority Critical patent/GB2179494B/en
Publication of GB8520038D0 publication Critical patent/GB8520038D0/en
Priority to JP18669786A priority patent/JPS6290964A/en
Priority to DE19863626858 priority patent/DE3626858A1/en
Publication of GB2179494A publication Critical patent/GB2179494A/en
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Publication of GB2179494B publication Critical patent/GB2179494B/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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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
    • H01L27/0203—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
    • 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
    • H01L29/86—Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor controllable only by variation of the electric current supplied, or only the electric potential applied, to one or more of the electrodes carrying the current to be rectified, amplified, oscillated or switched
    • H01L29/861—Diodes

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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)
  • Metal-Oxide And Bipolar Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Integrated Circuits (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Integrated Circuits (AREA)
  • Bipolar Integrated Circuits (AREA)
GB8520038A 1985-08-09 1985-08-09 Protection structures for integrated circuits Expired GB2179494B (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB8520038A GB2179494B (en) 1985-08-09 1985-08-09 Protection structures for integrated circuits
JP18669786A JPS6290964A (en) 1985-08-09 1986-08-08 Protection structure of integrated circuit
DE19863626858 DE3626858A1 (en) 1985-08-09 1986-08-08 PROTECTIVE STRUCTURE FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB8520038A GB2179494B (en) 1985-08-09 1985-08-09 Protection structures for integrated circuits

Publications (3)

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GB8520038D0 GB8520038D0 (en) 1985-09-18
GB2179494A GB2179494A (en) 1987-03-04
GB2179494B true GB2179494B (en) 1989-07-26

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JP (1) JPS6290964A (en)
DE (1) DE3626858A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2179494B (en)

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KR900008746B1 (en) * 1986-11-19 1990-11-29 삼성전자 주식회사 Semiconductor device protecting a connection
DE3714647C2 (en) * 1987-05-02 1993-10-07 Telefunken Microelectron Integrated circuit arrangement
US5708289A (en) * 1996-02-29 1998-01-13 Sgs-Thomson Microelectronics, Inc. Pad protection diode structure
EP0905781A3 (en) * 1997-09-30 2000-11-02 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft ESD protection diode
JP6206058B2 (en) * 2013-10-02 2017-10-04 サンケン電気株式会社 Semiconductor device

Citations (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1073551A (en) * 1964-07-02 1967-06-28 Westinghouse Electric Corp Integrated circuit comprising a diode and method of making the same
GB1188864A (en) * 1967-07-06 1970-04-22 Itt Method for the Manufacturing of a Solid State Circuit Adaptable as H.F. Tuner.
GB1281058A (en) * 1968-12-31 1972-07-12 Texas Instruments Inc High speed semiconductor switching device
GB1285488A (en) * 1969-08-11 1972-08-16 Rca Corp Integrated circuits for ac line operation
GB1373675A (en) * 1971-05-27 1974-11-13 Ibm Transistor logic circuit
US4027325A (en) * 1975-01-30 1977-05-31 Sprague Electric Company Integrated full wave diode bridge rectifier
US4117507A (en) * 1976-06-22 1978-09-26 Sgs-Ates Componeti Elettronici S.P.A. Diode formed in integrated-circuit structure
EP0042581A2 (en) * 1980-06-17 1981-12-30 Nec Corporation Integrated circuit
US4443808A (en) * 1981-04-07 1984-04-17 Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Semiconductor device
EP0115143A2 (en) * 1982-12-28 1984-08-08 Fujitsu Limited Integrated circuit with electrostatic breakdown prevention circuits

Patent Citations (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1073551A (en) * 1964-07-02 1967-06-28 Westinghouse Electric Corp Integrated circuit comprising a diode and method of making the same
GB1188864A (en) * 1967-07-06 1970-04-22 Itt Method for the Manufacturing of a Solid State Circuit Adaptable as H.F. Tuner.
GB1281058A (en) * 1968-12-31 1972-07-12 Texas Instruments Inc High speed semiconductor switching device
GB1285488A (en) * 1969-08-11 1972-08-16 Rca Corp Integrated circuits for ac line operation
GB1373675A (en) * 1971-05-27 1974-11-13 Ibm Transistor logic circuit
US4027325A (en) * 1975-01-30 1977-05-31 Sprague Electric Company Integrated full wave diode bridge rectifier
US4117507A (en) * 1976-06-22 1978-09-26 Sgs-Ates Componeti Elettronici S.P.A. Diode formed in integrated-circuit structure
EP0042581A2 (en) * 1980-06-17 1981-12-30 Nec Corporation Integrated circuit
US4443808A (en) * 1981-04-07 1984-04-17 Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Semiconductor device
EP0115143A2 (en) * 1982-12-28 1984-08-08 Fujitsu Limited Integrated circuit with electrostatic breakdown prevention circuits

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GB8520038D0 (en) 1985-09-18
GB2179494A (en) 1987-03-04
DE3626858A1 (en) 1987-02-19
JPS6290964A (en) 1987-04-25

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
732 Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)
732E Amendments to the register in respect of changes of name or changes affecting rights (sect. 32/1977)
PE20 Patent expired after termination of 20 years

Effective date: 20050808