GB2092377B - Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices - Google Patents

Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices

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Publication number
GB2092377B
GB2092377B GB8201501A GB8201501A GB2092377B GB 2092377 B GB2092377 B GB 2092377B GB 8201501 A GB8201501 A GB 8201501A GB 8201501 A GB8201501 A GB 8201501A GB 2092377 B GB2092377 B GB 2092377B
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devices
integrated circuit
circuit
protection
protection circuit
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GB8201501A
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RCA Corp
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RCA Corp
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00Semiconductor 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
    • H01L29/66Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/68Types 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
    • H01L29/70Bipolar devices
    • H01L29/74Thyristor-type devices, e.g. having four-zone regenerative action
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L27/00Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate
    • H01L27/02Devices 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
    • H01L27/04Devices 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
    • H01L27/06Devices 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
    • H01L27/07Devices 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
    • H01L27/0744Devices 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
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L27/00Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate
    • H01L27/02Devices 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
    • H01L27/0203Particular design considerations for integrated circuits
    • H01L27/0248Particular design considerations for integrated circuits for electrical or thermal protection, e.g. electrostatic discharge [ESD] protection
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03KPULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/08Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage
    • H03K17/081Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage without feedback from the output circuit to the control circuit
    • H03K17/0814Modifications 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
    • H03K17/08146Modifications 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)
GB8201501A 1981-01-30 1982-01-19 Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices Expired GB2092377B (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 (2)

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GB2092377A GB2092377A (en) 1982-08-11
GB2092377B true GB2092377B (en) 1985-07-31

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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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GB08413887A Expired GB2141301B (en) 1981-01-30 1984-05-31 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

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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

Cited By (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
USD793867S1 (en) 2015-08-28 2017-08-08 The Procter & Gamble Company Container
USD794465S1 (en) 2015-08-28 2017-08-15 The Procter & Gamble Company Container
USD793250S1 (en) 2015-09-07 2017-08-01 The Procter & Gamble Company Container

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Publication number Publication date
FI74166B (en) 1987-08-31
ES8307416A1 (en) 1983-06-16
ES8403245A1 (en) 1984-03-01
GB8413887D0 (en) 1984-07-04
KR830009654A (en) 1983-12-22
DE3201933A1 (en) 1982-08-12
GB2141301A (en) 1984-12-12
DE3201933C2 (en) 1987-01-08
CA1179406A (en) 1984-12-11
IT8219185A0 (en) 1982-01-19
FR2499325A1 (en) 1982-08-06
FI820197L (en) 1982-07-31
ES508976A0 (en) 1983-06-16
IT1151504B (en) 1986-12-24
GB2141301B (en) 1985-07-24
GB2092377A (en) 1982-08-11
ES520411A0 (en) 1984-03-01
FI74166C (en) 1987-12-10
FR2499325B1 (en) 1985-07-26
KR860000714B1 (en) 1986-06-07

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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