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Semiconductor device with a nickel alloy protective resistor

US5262666A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 10, 1992
Grant dateNov 16, 1993
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Expiry dateFeb 10, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10N59/00
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A semiconductor device including a substrate, a semiconductor element formed on the substrate, a terminal formed on the substrate and electrically connected to the semiconductor element, and a protective resistor formed on the substrate and electrically connected between the semiconductor element and the terminal. The resistor is composed of a ferromagnetic magnetoresistive material including Ni alloy. The device may be extended to detect magnetism by adding a magnetoresistive element composed of a ferromagnetic magnetoresistive material including the same Ni alloy as for the protective resistor and deposited at the same time. The device is superior in an anti-noise characteristic and is integrated. Furthermore, the device for detecting magnetism is formed with a lower cost.

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