Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spark gap structures for detection and protection against electrical overstress events
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Application No.: US17446945Application Date: 2021-09-03
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Publication No.: US11668734B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: David J. Clarke , Stephen Denis Heffernan , Nijun Wei , Alan J. O'Donnell , Patrick Martin McGuinness , Shaun Bradley , Edward John Coyne , David Aherne , David M. Boland
- Applicant: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
- Applicant Address: IE Limerick
- Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
- Current Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
- Current Assignee Address: IE Limerick
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: G01R19/165
- IPC: G01R19/165 ; G01R31/00 ; G01R31/28 ; H02H9/04 ; H01L27/02 ; H01L23/60 ; H01L23/62 ; H01L23/525 ; H02H9/00

Abstract:
The disclosed technology generally relates to electrical overstress protection devices, and more particularly to electrical overstress monitoring devices for detecting electrical overstress events in semiconductor devices. In one aspect, an electrical overstress monitor and/or protection device includes a two different conductive structures configured to electrically arc in response to an EOS event and a sensing circuit configured to detect a change in a physical property of the two conductive structures caused by the EOS event. The two conductive structures have facing surfaces that have different shapes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210396788A1 SPARK GAP STRUCTURES FOR DETECTION AND PROTECTION AGAINST ELECTRICAL OVERSTRESS EVENTS Public/Granted day:2021-12-23
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