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US07826185B2 Structure and circuit technique for uniform triggering of multifinger semiconductor devices with tunable trigger voltage
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用于均匀触发具有可调谐触发电压的多光子半导体器件的结构和电路技术
- Patent Title: Structure and circuit technique for uniform triggering of multifinger semiconductor devices with tunable trigger voltage
- Patent Title (中): 用于均匀触发具有可调谐触发电压的多光子半导体器件的结构和电路技术
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Application No.: US11692481Application Date: 2007-03-28
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Publication No.: US07826185B2Publication Date: 2010-11-02
- Inventor: Michel J. Abou-Khalil , Robert Gauthier, Jr. , Hongmei Li , Junjun Li , Souvick Mitra , Christopher S. Putnam
- Applicant: Michel J. Abou-Khalil , Robert Gauthier, Jr. , Hongmei Li , Junjun Li , Souvick Mitra , Christopher S. Putnam
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Agent Richard Kotulak, Esq.
- Main IPC: H02H9/00
- IPC: H02H9/00 ; H01C7/12 ; H02H1/00 ; H02H1/04 ; H02H3/22 ; H02H9/06

Abstract:
An external current injection source is provided to individual fingers of a multi-finger semiconductor device to provide the same trigger voltage across the multiple fingers. For example, the external injection current is supplied to the body of a MOSFET or the gate of a thyristor. The magnitude of the supplied current from each external current injection source is adjusted so that each finger has the same trigger voltage. The external current supply circuit may comprise diodes or an RC triggered MOSFET. The components of the external current supply circuit may be tuned to achieve a desired predetermined trigger voltage across all fingers of the multi-finger semiconductor device.
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