Patent ID: 9601481
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H01L

Claim:
1. An integrated circuit, comprising; an element region between a first electrode and a third electrode in a first direction; a second electrode electrically connected to an element in the element region; a first diode adjacent to the element region and including a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type and a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type adjacent to the first semiconductor region in a second direction crossing the first direction, the first diode electrically connected to the second and third electrodes; and a second diode adjacent to the element region and including a third semiconductor region of the first conductivity type and a fourth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type, the second diode electrically connected to the second and third electrodes, wherein the element region is disposed between at least a portion of the first diode and the second diode in the second direction, and the second electrode includes a first portion disposed outside the element region.