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Patent Inventor Names
Peter J. Hopper0
Vladislav Vashchenko0
Yuri Mirgorodski0
Date of Patent
September 9, 2008
0Patent Application Number
117999540
Date Filed
May 3, 2007
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A ballasting region is placed between the base region and the collector contact of a bipolar junction transistor to relocate a hot spot away from the collector contact of the transistor. Relocating the hot spot away from the collector contact prevents the collector contact from melting during an electrostatic discharge (ESD) pulse.
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