ESD protection apparatus and electrical circuit including same

US7888703B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

• Sven Albers · Regensburg, DE
• Klaus Diefenbeck · Munich, DE
• Bernd Eisener · Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, DE
• Gernot Langguth · Oberhaching, DE
• Christian Lehrer · Canberra, AU
• Karl-Heinz Malek · Aschheim, DE
• Eberhard Rohrer · Neufahrn bei Freising, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 8, 2008
• Grant date: Feb 15, 2011
• Expiry date: Sep 6, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10D18/251

Abstract

An ESD protection apparatus includes a substrate, a transistor structure arranged in the substrate, and a diode structure arranged in the substrate, a high-resistance electrical connection being provided between the transistor structure and the diode structure in the substrate.