US Patent Issued to SK HYNIX SYSTEM IC (WUXI) on June 17 for "Electro-static discharge protection devices having a low trigger voltage" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,301, issued on June 17, was assigned to SK HYNIX SYSTEM IC (WUXI) Co. LTD. (Jiangsu, China).

"Electro-static discharge protection devices having a low trigger voltage" was invented by Young Bum Eom (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea) and Myoung Chul Lim (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro-static discharge (ESD) protection device includes a first well region and a second well region disposed to contact each other, a first diffusion region and a second diffusion region disposed in the first well region spaced apart from each other, a third diffusion region and a fourth diffusion region disposed in the...