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Integrated circuit power device with automatic removal of defective devices and method of fabricating same

  • US 5,021,861 A
  • Filed: 05/23/1990
  • Issued: 06/04/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A power device comprising:

  • an integrated circuit;

    a plurality of individual devices formed in said integrated circuit, electrically connected in parallel, the individual devices each handling a relatively small current so that said plurality of individual devices electrically connected in parallel handle a relatively large current, to thereby provide an integrated circuit power device; and

    ,a plurality of defect responsive automatic disabling means formed in said integrated circuit, a respective one of which is electrically connected to an associated at least one of said individual devices, each of said defect responsive automatic disabling means being responsive to a defect in the associated individual devices for automatically disabling the associated individual devices;

    whereby an operable integrated circuit power device is obtained notwithstanding a defect in the individual power devices thereof.

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