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- Patent Title: Devices and methods for improving voltage handling and/or bi-directionality of stacks of elements when connected between terminals
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Application No.: US14165422Application Date: 2014-01-27
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Publication No.: US09496849B2Publication Date: 2016-11-15
- Inventor: Tero Tapio Ranta , Shawn Bawell , Robert W. Greene , Christopher N. Brindle , Robert Mark Englekirk
- Applicant: PEREGRINE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation
- Current Assignee: Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Jaquez Land Greenhaus LLP
- Agent Martin J. Jaquez, Esq.; Alessandro Steinfl, Esq.
- Main IPC: H03K17/10
- IPC: H03K17/10 ; H03H11/28 ; H03M1/10 ; H03K17/16 ; H03K17/687 ; H01G7/00 ; H03H7/38 ; H01F21/12 ; H03H7/01 ; H03M1/80

Abstract:
Devices and methods for improving voltage handling and/or bi-directionality of stacks of elements when connected between terminals are described. Such devices and method include use of symmetrical compensation capacitances, symmetrical series capacitors, or symmetrical sizing of the elements of the stack.
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