Semiconductor device
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
InventorsTakayuki Teraguchi, Yosuke Ogasawara
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first end, a second end, and a first body. The second transistor includes a third end coupled to the second end, a fourth end, and a second body. The semiconductor device includes a first resistor coupled to the first end, a second resistor coupled between the first resistor and the second end, a third resistor coupled to the third end, a fourth resistor coupled between the third resistor and the fourth end, a first diode coupled between the first body and a node coupling the third resistor and the fourth resistor, and a second diode coupled between the second body and a node coupling the first resistor and the second resistor.
Claims15
A semiconductor device comprising:
- an input terminal, an output terminal, and a first control terminal;
- a first transistor and a second transistor serially coupled between the input terminal and the output terminal, wherein the first transistor includes a first end and a second end used for the serial coupling, a first gate coupled to the first control terminal, and a first body;
- the second transistor includes a third end and a fourth end used for the serial coupling, a second gate coupled to the first control terminal, and a second body;
- and the third end is coupled to the second end;
- a first resistor coupled to the first end;
- a second resistor coupled between the first resistor and the second end;
- a third resistor coupled to the third end;
- a fourth resistor coupled between the third resistor and the fourth end;
- a first diode having an anode coupled to the first body and a cathode coupled to a node coupling the third resistor and the fourth resistor;
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- a second diode having an anode coupled to the second body and a cathode coupled to a node coupling the first resistor and the second resistor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.