Invention Grant
- Patent Title: USB type-C load switch ESD protection
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Application No.: US15244996Application Date: 2016-08-23
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Publication No.: US10978869B2Publication Date: 2021-04-13
- Inventor: Shekar Mallikarjunaswamy
- Applicant: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: JDI Patent
- Agent Joshua D. Isenberg; Robert Pullman
- Main IPC: H02H9/04
- IPC: H02H9/04 ; H01L23/60 ; H01L23/495 ; H01L27/02 ; H01L25/18 ; H01L29/06 ; H01L29/08 ; H01L29/10 ; H01L29/423 ; H01L29/49 ; H01L29/735 ; H01L29/78 ; H01L29/861

Abstract:
A MOSFET and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device on a common chip includes a MOSFET with a source, a gate, and a drain, and an ESD protection device configured to implement a diode function that is biased to prevent current from flowing through the common chip from the source to the drain.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180062386A1 USB TYPE-C LOAD SWITCH ESD PROTECTION Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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