GB2141301B - Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices - Google Patents

Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices

Info

Publication number: GB2141301B
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: devices; integrated circuit; circuit; protection; protection circuit
Prior art date: 1981-01-30
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired

Application number

GB08413887A

Other versions

GB8413887D0 (en

GB2141301A (en

Inventor

Leslie Ronald Avery

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

RCA Corp

Original Assignee

RCA Corp

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1981-01-30

Filing date

1984-05-31

Publication date

1985-07-24

1984-05-31 Application filed by RCA Corp filed Critical RCA Corp

1984-07-04 Publication of GB8413887D0 publication Critical patent/GB8413887D0/en

1984-12-12 Publication of GB2141301A publication Critical patent/GB2141301A/en

1985-07-24 Application granted granted Critical

1985-07-24 Publication of GB2141301B publication Critical patent/GB2141301B/en

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
- H10D84/00—Integrated devices formed in or on semiconductor substrates that comprise only semiconducting layers, e.g. on Si wafers or on GaAs-on-Si wafers
- H10D84/60—Integrated devices formed in or on semiconductor substrates that comprise only semiconducting layers, e.g. on Si wafers or on GaAs-on-Si wafers characterised by the integration of at least one component covered by groups H10D10/00 or H10D18/00, e.g. integration of BJTs
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
- H10D18/00—Thyristors
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
- H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
- H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
- H03K17/08—Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage
- H03K17/081—Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage without feedback from the output circuit to the control circuit
- H03K17/0814—Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage without feedback from the output circuit to the control circuit by measures taken in the output circuit
- H03K17/08146—Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage without feedback from the output circuit to the control circuit by measures taken in the output circuit in bipolar transistor switches
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
- H10D89/00—Aspects of integrated devices not covered by groups H10D84/00 - H10D88/00
- H10D89/60—Integrated devices comprising arrangements for electrical or thermal protection, e.g. protection circuits against electrostatic discharge [ESD]

GB08413887A 1981-01-30 1984-05-31 Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices Expired GB2141301B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US23035781A	1981-01-30	1981-01-30
US32621981A	1981-12-01	1981-12-01

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
GB8413887D0 GB8413887D0 (en)	1984-07-04
GB2141301A GB2141301A (en)	1984-12-12
GB2141301B true GB2141301B (en)	1985-07-24

Family

ID=26924154

Family Applications (2)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
GB8201501A Expired GB2092377B (en)	1981-01-30	1982-01-19	Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices
GB08413887A Expired GB2141301B (en)	1981-01-30	1984-05-31	Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices

Family Applications Before (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
GB8201501A Expired GB2092377B (en)	1981-01-30	1982-01-19	Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices

Country Status (8)

Country	Link
KR (1)	KR860000714B1 (en)
CA (1)	CA1179406A (en)
DE (1)	DE3201933C2 (en)
ES (2)	ES8307416A1 (en)
FI (1)	FI74166C (en)
FR (1)	FR2499325B1 (en)
GB (2)	GB2092377B (en)
IT (1)	IT1151504B (en)

Families Citing this family (11)

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JPS5948951A (en) *	1982-09-14	1984-03-21	Toshiba Corp	Semiconductor protective device
US4484244A (en) *	1982-09-22	1984-11-20	Rca Corporation	Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices
US4562454A (en) *	1983-12-29	1985-12-31	Motorola, Inc.	Electronic fuse for semiconductor devices
KR900008746B1 (en) *	1986-11-19	1990-11-29	삼성전자 주식회사	Semiconductor device protecting a connection
DE3835569A1 (en) *	1988-10-19	1990-05-03	Telefunken Electronic Gmbh	Protective arrangement
DE4004526C1 (en) *	1990-02-14	1991-09-05	Texas Instruments Deutschland Gmbh, 8050 Freising, De
US5224169A (en) *	1991-05-13	1993-06-29	Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.	Protection arrangement for an audio output channel
US5235489A (en) *	1991-06-28	1993-08-10	Sgs-Thomson Microelectronics, Inc.	Integrated solution to high voltage load dump conditions
USD794465S1 (en)	2015-08-28	2017-08-15	The Procter & Gamble Company	Container
USD793867S1 (en)	2015-08-28	2017-08-08	The Procter & Gamble Company	Container
USD793250S1 (en)	2015-09-07	2017-08-01	The Procter & Gamble Company	Container

Family Cites Families (4)

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US3524113A (en) *	1967-06-15	1970-08-11	Ibm	Complementary pnp-npn transistors and fabrication method therefor
DE1901075A1 (en) *	1969-01-10	1970-08-13	Bosch Gmbh Robert	Two-pole electrical switching element
JPS55113358A (en) *	1979-02-23	1980-09-01	Hitachi Ltd	Semiconductor device
GB2056808A (en) *	1979-08-17	1981-03-18	Lumenition Ltd	Power transistor protection

1982
- 1982-01-19 GB GB8201501A patent/GB2092377B/en not_active Expired
- 1982-01-19 IT IT19185/82A patent/IT1151504B/en active
- 1982-01-22 DE DE3201933A patent/DE3201933C2/en not_active Expired
- 1982-01-22 FI FI820197A patent/FI74166C/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1982-01-22 ES ES508976A patent/ES8307416A1/en not_active Expired
- 1982-01-29 CA CA000395261A patent/CA1179406A/en not_active Expired
- 1982-01-29 FR FR828201502A patent/FR2499325B1/en not_active Expired
- 1982-01-30 KR KR8200403A patent/KR860000714B1/en not_active Expired
1983
- 1983-03-08 ES ES520411A patent/ES520411A0/en active Granted
1984
- 1984-05-31 GB GB08413887A patent/GB2141301B/en not_active Expired

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
FI820197L (en)	1982-07-31
ES508976A0 (en)	1983-06-16
FI74166B (en)	1987-08-31
IT8219185A0 (en)	1982-01-19
KR830009654A (en)	1983-12-22
GB8413887D0 (en)	1984-07-04
GB2141301A (en)	1984-12-12
FR2499325A1 (en)	1982-08-06
DE3201933A1 (en)	1982-08-12
GB2092377B (en)	1985-07-31
DE3201933C2 (en)	1987-01-08
GB2092377A (en)	1982-08-11
ES8307416A1 (en)	1983-06-16
ES8403245A1 (en)	1984-03-01
CA1179406A (en)	1984-12-11
IT1151504B (en)	1986-12-24
KR860000714B1 (en)	1986-06-07
ES520411A0 (en)	1984-03-01
FI74166C (en)	1987-12-10
FR2499325B1 (en)	1985-07-26

Publication	Publication Date	Title
GB2095909B (en)	1985-03-13	Integrated protection circuit
GB2128829B (en)	1986-01-15	Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices
DE3277047D1 (en)	1987-09-24	Integrated circuit device
DE3279013D1 (en)	1988-10-13	Semiconductor integrated circuit
DE3164937D1 (en)	1984-08-30	Protection circuit
GB2133926B (en)	1986-04-16	Protection circuit
GB2099253B (en)	1985-03-20	Logic protection circuit
GB2091459B (en)	1985-09-11	Semiconductor integrated circuit
GB2101402B (en)	1985-07-17	Integrated overload protection circuit
GB2079085B (en)	1984-06-06	Transistor protection circuit
DE3272424D1 (en)	1986-09-11	Semiconductor integrated circuit
DE3470638D1 (en)	1988-05-26	Transistor protection circuit
IL67353A0 (en)	1983-03-31	Protection circuit
GB2141301B (en)	1985-07-24	Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices
GB8324567D0 (en)	1983-10-19	Protection circuit
GB8320656D0 (en)	1983-09-01	Short circuit protection
JPS576917A (en)	1982-01-13	Exclusive protecting circuit
DE3275613D1 (en)	1987-04-09	Semiconductor circuit
DE3264963D1 (en)	1985-09-05	Semiconductor integrated circuit
GB8314753D0 (en)	1983-07-06	Protecting devices
JPS57201995A (en)	1982-12-10	Input protection circuit
DE3273549D1 (en)	1986-11-06	Restructurable integrated circuit
GB2111771B (en)	1985-04-03	Surge protection circuits
GB2117973B (en)	1986-01-08	Circuit protecting sensor
GB8300725D0 (en)	1983-02-16	Gate protection circuit

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1985-10-30	727	Application made for amendment of specification (sect. 27/1977)
1985-12-18	727A	Application for amendment of specification now open to opposition (sect. 27/1977)
1986-06-04	727B	Case decided by the comptroller ** specification amended (sect. 27/1977)
1986-07-16	SP	Amendment (slips) printed
2002-02-13	PE20	Patent expired after termination of 20 years	Effective date: 20020118