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IC substrate with over voltage protection function

Assignee: Inpaq Technology Co Ltd
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Filing: 2006-02-28
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Granted: 2009-05-05
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Expires: 2026-02-28
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Abstract

Abstract The present invention relates to an IC substrate provided with over voltage protection functions and thus, a plurality of over voltage protection devices are provided on a single substrate to protect an IC chip directly. According to the present invention, there is no need to install protection devices at respective I/O ports on a printed circuit board to prevent the IC devices from damage by surge pulses. Therefore, the costs to design circuits are reduced, the limited space is efficiently utilized, and unit costs to install respective protection devices are lowered down.

Inventors

  • 👤 Chun-yuan Lee

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 10:36
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W42/00; H10W42/80; H10W70/00; H10W70/60; H01; H01C; H01C7/00; H01C7/10; H01C7/1013; H01C7/12; H10W70/01; H10W70/05; H10W70/095; H10W70/62; H10W70/63; H10W70/635; H10W70/67; H10W70/68; H10W70/685; H10W72/00; H10W76/00; H10W76/10; H10W76/12; H10W76/15; H10W76/157; H10W90/00; H10W90/701; H10W72/071; H10W72/072; H10W72/07251; H10W72/075; H10W72/20; H10W72/29; H10W72/50; H10W72/531; H10W72/5363; H10W72/90; H10W72/951; H10W90/721; H10W90/724; H10W90/751; H10W90/756

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 249 words
An IC substrate with over voltage protection functions, comprising: a first substrate; a plurality of the first grounding conductor layers disposed through the first substrate, thereby terminals of the first grounding conductor layers being exposed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the first substrate; a second substrate disposed on the first substrate; a plurality of the second conductor layers disposed through the second substrate, thereby terminals of the second conductor layers being exposed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the second substrate, wherein the terminals exposed on the lower surface of the second substrate are connected with the first conductor layers exposed on the upper surface of the first substrate; a grounding conductor layer for forming a grounding terminal disposed on the lower surface of the second substrate; one or more variable resistance material layers disposed through the second substrate, so that lower terminals of the variable resistance material layers is connected with the grounding conductor layer and upper terminals of the variable resistance material layers are exposed on the upper surface of the second substrate; a third substrate disposed on the upper surface of the second substrate; and a plurality of the third conductor layers for forming electrode terminals through the third substrate, the terminals exposed on a lower surface of the third substrate being connected with the second conductor layers of the second substrate, and terminals of the third conductor layers being exposed on the upper surface of the third substrate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 249 words
An IC substrate with over voltage protection functions, comprising: a first substrate; a plurality of the first grounding conductor layers disposed through the first substrate, thereby terminals of the first grounding conductor layers being exposed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the first substrate; a second substrate disposed on the first substrate; a plurality of the second conductor layers disposed through the second substrate, thereby terminals of the second conductor layers being exposed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the second substrate, wherein the terminals exposed on the lower surface of the second substrate are connected with the first conductor layers exposed on the upper surface of the first substrate; a grounding conductor layer for forming a grounding terminal disposed on the lower surface of the second substrate; one or more variable resistance material layers disposed through the second substrate, so that lower terminals of the variable resistance material layers is connected with the grounding conductor layer and upper terminals of the variable resistance material layers are exposed on the upper surface of the second substrate; a third substrate disposed on the upper surface of the second substrate; and a plurality of the third conductor layers for forming electrode terminals through the third substrate, the terminals exposed on a lower surface of the third substrate being connected with the second conductor layers of the second substrate, and terminals of the third conductor layers being exposed on the upper surface of the third substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 23 words
The IC substrate with over voltage protection functions of claim 1 , wherein the variable resistance material layers are non-linear resistance material layers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 23 words
The IC substrate with over voltage protection functions of claim 1 , wherein the substrate are made of ceramic materials or polymer materials.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 23 words
The IC substrate with over voltage protection functions of claim 1 , wherein the electrode terminals are connected with a chip by soldering.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 25 words
The IC substrate with over voltage protection functions of claim 1 , further comprising a protection layer for reducing the influence from an outside environment.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 24 words
The IC substrate with over voltage protection functions of claim 1 , wherein the electrode terminals are connected with a chip by wire bonding.

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