Protection of an integrated circuit against electrostatic discharges and other overvoltages

US6818953B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• STMicroelectronics SA

Inventors

• Alexandre Malherbe · Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, FR
• Fabrice Blisson · Aix-en-Provence, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 23, 2002
• Grant date: Nov 16, 2004
• Expiry date: Oct 23, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10D89/811

Abstract

The forming of an integrated circuit including at least one element of electronic protection of the circuit formed of at least one switch for short-circuiting supply conductors arranged in a rail, the switch being integrated in the rail, under said conductors.