Patent · US Expired

Semiconductor configuration and current limiting device

US6459108B1 · kind B1 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Bartsch · Viernheim, DE
Heinz Mitlehner · Uttenreuth, DE
Dietrich Stephani · Bubenreuth, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 25, 1999
Grant date	Oct 1, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 25, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH10D30/831
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The semiconductor configuration is formed with a lateral channel region and an adjoining vertical channel region in an n-conductive first semiconductor region. When a predetermined saturation current is exceeded, the lateral channel region is pinched off and the current is limited to a value below the saturation current.

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