ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,583, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to STMicroelectronics France (Montrouge, France).
"Device of protection against electrostatic discharges" was invented by Yohann Solaro (Grenoble, France) and Johan Bourgeat (Saint Pierre d'allevard, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a doped semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type. First and second doped wells are provided, separated from each other by trench isolation, within the doped semiconductor substrate. At least one first region and at least one second region are respectively located in the first and second doped wells, with each first and sec...