Patents by Inventor Koen Gerard Maria Verhaege

Koen Gerard Maria Verhaege has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Multi-finger current ballasting ESD protection circuit and interleaved ballasting for ESD-sensitive circuits
    Publication number: 20020033507
    Abstract: A multi-finger electro-static discharge (ESD) protection circuit has at least two first resistive channels defining input fingers. At least two field effect transistor (FET) channels, each having a drain and source are connected to corresponding ones of the at least two input fingers. The gate terminals of at least one of the at least two FETs are configured to be biased by an ESD potential applied to the drain electrodes to reduce the turn-on potential of the ESD device. At least two second resistive channels are connected between a corresponding one of the source terminals of the at least two FETs and a circuit return path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: Koen Gerard Maria Verhaege, Markus Paul Josef Mergens, Cornelius Christian Russ, John Armer, Phillip Czeslaw Jozwiak