Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor device including ESD protection circuit
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Application No.: US14697707Application Date: 2015-04-28
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Publication No.: US09893053B2Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Jae-Hyun Yoo , Kee-Moon Chun
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Muir Patent Law, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2014-0138380 20141014
- Main IPC: H02H9/00
- IPC: H02H9/00 ; H01L27/02 ; H01L23/535 ; H01L29/08 ; H01L29/161 ; H01L29/16 ; H01L29/06

Abstract:
A semiconductor device including an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit includes an input port, a logic circuit receiving an input signal applied to the input port and generating an output signal based on the input signal, and an ESD protection circuit adjusting a level of the input signal when the level of the input signal exceeds a predetermined range. The ESD protection circuit includes a first fin and a second fin arranged on a semiconductor substrate in parallel, and a gate electrode formed in a direction crossing the first fin and the second fin, each of the first fin and the second fin includes a source region, a drain region, and a channel region disposed between the source region and the drain region, the channel region is disposed under the gate electrode, a source region of the first fin and a drain region of the second fin are disposed at a first side of the gate electrode, and a drain region of the first fin and a source region of the second fin are disposed at a second side of the gate electrode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160104701A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING ESD PROTECTION CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2016-04-14
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