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6846693 Chip-type composite electronic component and manufacturing method thereof  
An inductor obtained by laminating a plurality of ceramic layers having an internal coil conductor, and a thermistor obtained by laminating a plurality of ceramic layers having internal electrodes...
6842318 Low leakage input protection device and scheme for electrostatic discharge  
ESD input protection device uses a transistor ( 82 ) with the source terminal ( 100 ) connected to the input ( 12 ) from these source ( 18 ) to provide an alternate path for discharge. By having...
6836394 Electrostatic discharge protection for eletrostatically actuated microrelays  
Apparatus and methods for protecting devices such as micro-switches ( 100 ) and micro-relays from adverse effects of electrostatic discharge (ESD). A protection device is provided that includes a...
6831822 Interference suppressor  
A suppression device for an electronic appliance having a plug-in device which has at least one plug-in element and is designed for attachment to a housing of the electronic appliance, with a...
6829129 Tri-mode over-voltage protection and disconnect circuit apparatus and method  
A single-phase apparatus and method for protecting for all AC power wires/lines and combinations thereof. The present invention prevents (1) the hazardous condition occurring at the wall...
6829126 Electrostatic discharge protection circuit  
An ESD protection circuit including an NMOS transistor connected between an input/output pad and a ground. The NMOS transistor has a parasitic bipolar transistor, and at least one diode is...
6829125 ESD protection circuit for multi-power and mixed-voltage integrated circuit  
The invention discloses an ESD (Electro Static Discharge) protection circuit, including a resistor device, a capacitor device and a PMOS device. The resistor device is connected in series between a...
6826025 Method and apparatus for providing ESD protection and/or noise reduction in an integrated circuit  
An integrated circuit having either or both ESD and noise suppression devices that use the inherent resistance in the substrate as an ESD trigger and/or part of the noise suppression.
6822842 Switching device for switching at a high operating voltage  
A switching device for switching at a high operating voltage includes an LV switching element and a first HV switching element that are connected together in a cascode circuit. Furthermore, at...
6822840 Method for protecting MOS components from antenna effect and the apparatus thereof  
The present invention provides a method and the apparatus thereof to protect MOS components from antenna effect. Via the bypass PMOS and NMOS transistors, charges with either polarity are conveyed...
6822294 High holding voltage LVTSCR  
In an ESD protection device using a LVTSCR-like structure, the holding voltage is increased by placing the p+ emitter outside the drain of the device, thereby retarding the injection of holes from...
6813720 Method of and device for supplying electrical power to a load using a power modulation system including at least one controlled switch and overvoltage counting apparatus  
The operating mode of a power modulation system is determined according to the nature of the load. The power modulation system can operate in either of two operating modes, namely a “reverse...
6813130 Semiconductor integrated circuit device including protection circuit for preventing circuit breakdown by static electricity  
A first power wire supplies a power potential to a circuit having a first function. A first ground wire supplies a ground potential to the circuit having the first function. A first protection...
6809915 Gate-equivalent-potential circuit and method for I/O ESD protection  
A gate-equivalent-potential circuit and method for an I/O pad ESD protection arrangement including used and unused MOS fingers connected to the I/O pad comprises a switch connected between the...
6809912 Inductor operable under various supply voltages  
An inductor operable under various supply voltages includes a first coil, a second coil, a bobbin and a core, wherein the coil diameter of the first coil is larger than the coil diameter of the...
6806806 Polymer fuse and filter apparatus  
A fuse and filter arrangement having a polymer fuse apparatus that provides bypass fuse protection. A polymer bypass fuse includes of an electrical conductor wherein a portion of the conductor is...
6806516 Semiconductor device and system  
Disclosed herewith is a semiconductor device improved to prevent withstand voltage defects that might occur in each MOSFET used therein and a system to be designed easily and prevented from...
6804159 Semiconductor device having fuse and its manufacture method  
A semiconductor device has: a fuse having one end applied with a first voltage, and a MOS transistor having source, gate and drain and a connection point between the other end of the fuse and one...
6804097 Protective circuit for electronic modules, especially driver modules  
The invention relates to a protective circuit for electronic modules, especially driver modules, for protecting against polarity reversal and against rupturing of the neutral conductor. A first...
6804095 Drain-extended MOS ESD protection structure  
A protection structure ( 30; 30′; 30 ″) for safely conducting charge from electrostatic discharge (ESD) at a terminal (IN) is disclosed. The protection structure ( 30; 30′; 30 ″) includes a...
6798629 Overvoltage protection circuits that utilize capacitively bootstrapped variable voltages  
Overvoltage protection circuits include a pass transistor having first and second current carrying terminals electrically connected to an input signal line and an output signal line, respectively,...
6795289 Dual sneak current protector  
A voltage and/or surge-current protector and grounding bar arrangement is provided for use with a BIX connector block having two rows of terminals which are laterally spaced with respect to each...
6795288 Circuit for electro static discharge protection  
A circuit for electro static discharge protection, for solving a problem of conventional art that a degree of integration of the circuit is lowered because a size of chip and a pitch between pads...
6795286 RC-timer circuit to reduce current leakage in future semiconductor processes  
A resistive capacitive timer scheme is described. Specifically, the invention includes a circuit to compensate for a leakage current through a capacitor in the resistive capacitive timer.
6791813 Communication line surge protecting system  
The present invention relates to a communication line surge protecting system in which a quarter wavelength open circuit for a wavelength used is disposed in each of a central conductor line 1 ...
6788517 Conduction line decoupling circuit  
A decoupling circuit for decoupling conduction lines from each other, the circuit including at least one pass gate element having conduction terminals connected to the conduction lines and having...
6788516 Self-recovering current-limiting device with liquid metal  
The invention relates to a self-recovering current-limiting device with liquid metal. The device contains two solid metal electrodes ( 11, 12 ) which are rotationally symmetrical in relation to the...
6785110 Rf surge protection device  
A surge protection device is disclosed that includes an input path for receiving an rf signal, dc power, and a surge, an output path for propagating the rf signal, and a dc blocking device coupled...
6785109 Technique for protecting integrated circuit devices against electrostatic discharge damage  
A technique for providing ESD protection for integrated circuit devices with multiple power and/or ground buses is provided. The technique involves using a clamping device that is capable of...
6785108 Semiconductor equipment  
In semiconductor equipment, a switching timing adjuster is provided between insulated gate bipolar transistors and a control signal generator. The switching timing adjuster includes an input...
6782298 Electronics for a shock hardened data recorder  
Electronics for a shock-hardened device, in particular a data recorder, incorporating non-volatile memory. The device has the functional elements: a signal conditioning circuit, an oscillator, an...
6781805 Stacked MOSFET protection circuit  
Disclosed is a protection circuit capable of avoiding breakdown of a gate insulating film of a MOSFET and having an appropriate snap-back voltage in terms of reliability. In order to prevent...
6778413 Asymmetric multi-converter power supply including a fast response converter  
An asymmetric multi-converter power supply including a first converter and a second converter coupled to provide power to an output node. A control circuit is coupled to the second converter and is...
6778374 Reinforced arrester housing  
An arrester includes a housing having an inner bore, and a substantially cylindrical varistor body is received in the inner bore of the housing. The varistor body is formed of at least one varistor...
6775121 Power line surge protection device  
Power line surge protection device comprising AC power line overvoltage protection, telephone voice line overvoltage and overcurrent protection, high speed data line overvoltage and overcurrent...
6775116 Method and apparatus for preventing buffers from being damaged by electrical charges collected on lines connected to the buffers  
An apparatus and method are provided for preventing buffers used to reduce delays on long lines of an IC from being damaged due to charge that collects on the buffers during manufacturing. In...
6775112 Apparatus and method for improving ESD and transient immunity in shunt regulators  
Voltage regulators are exposed to extreme amounts of voltage over short periods of time during an electrostatic discharge (ESD) event. Shunt regulators require protection from ESD events....
6768618 Input gate protection circuit and method  
An input gate protection circuit has a pass transistor having a source coupled to an input signal. A first voltage range control circuit is coupled to a gate of the pass transistor. A second...
6768617 Setpoint silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) electrostatic discharge (ESD) core clamp  
An adjustable setpoint ESD core clamp for ESD protection circuits is disclosed. The core clamp includes an SCR whose P+N trigger junction is referenced to a diode stack. The SCR is non-avalanche...
6768616 Electrostatic discharge protection structures for high speed technologies with mixed and ultra-low voltage supplies  
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit in a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) having protected circuitry. In one embodiment, the ESD protection circuit includes a pad, adapted for...
6768355 Transient rejecting circuit  
A transient rejecting system for protecting the state of a memory is described. The transient rejecting system includes a signal transfer circuit and a charge storage circuit coupled to at least...
6765771 SCR devices with deep-N-well structure for on-chip ESD protection circuits  
An ESD protection component with a deep-N-well structure in CMOS technology and the relevant circuit designs are proposed in this invention. The ESD protection component comprises a lateral silicon...
6764892 Device and method of low voltage SCR protection for high voltage failsafe ESD applications  
A semiconductor circuit for multi-voltage operation having built-in electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection is described, comprising a drain extended nMOS transistor and a pnpn silicon controlled...
6762921 Multilayer printed-circuit board and method of manufacture  
This invention is to propose a technique of producing a printed wiring board having an excellent adhesion property between an electroless plated film and an electrolytic plated film constituting a...
6762919 High voltage power supply apparatus  
In the electrophotographic copying apparatus or printer, a current proportional to the output current of the high voltage output circuit for supplying the charger etc. with a high voltage is...
6762460 Protection circuit provided in semiconductor circuit  
A protection circuit including a power supply terminal supplied with a power supply potential, a reference terminal supplied with a reference potential, and a first p-channel MOS transistor having...
6760209 Electrostatic discharge protection circuit  
An electrostatic discharge ESD protection circuit is provided which can selectively be set to operate with a buffer which is programmably controlled to be compatible with different types of...
6757148 Electro-static discharge protection device for integrated circuit inputs  
ESD protection device for integrated circuit includes: A MOS transistor is connected between a supply potential and a ground potential for PD and ND ESD modes. A first-level protection device, such...
6757147 Pin-to-pin ESD-protection structure having cross-pin activation  
A cross-pin electro-static-discharge (ESD) protection device protects against ESD zaps between two I/O pins. Pin A is connected to a drain of a bus-switch transistor and pin B is connected to the...
6756834 Direct power-to-ground ESD protection with an electrostatic common-discharge line  
ESD protection is provided by local ESD-protection devices between each pad and a common-discharge line (CDL). Each ESD-protection device has p-well or p-substrate taps to a local ground rather...