摘要 |
Electrical connection pads for integrated semiconductor circuits have a protective diode formed by a doped region located in a well of opposite doping and another protective diode formed by a well which surrounds another doped region of the same doping type as a contact area and is surrounded by another well of oppositive doping. The doped regions are connected to the pad and are continuous. Narrow strips extend at or along a portion of the periphery of the pad. Also, the well for which the other doped region serves as a contact, has a strip-shape and is located at the periphery of the pad. The other doped region is also used as a contact for forming an electrical resistor connected to an input/output path of the integrated circuit. The resistor is formed in the well surrounding the other doped region. Another contact of the resistor is formed by a further doped region of the same doping type, also having a strip-shape and located in the same well at the periphery of the pad and beneath a marginal portion of the pad. The resistor thereby does not require any extra space. |