Transient voltage suppressor apparatus
US5539604A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 30, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jul 23, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01L2224/13
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A protection apparatus for sensitive electronic circuitry susceptible to damage from transient voltage pulses. The apparatus includes sensitive circuitry and a transient voltage suppressor device mounted on a common circuit board or substrate. The transient voltage suppressor device comprises a semiconductor chip having a plurality of electrodes on a single major surface of the chip, the plurality of electrodes comprises over the half the area of the major surface of the chip and are mounted to surface conductors of the circuit board. The chip may contain a plurality of transient voltage suppression devices.
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