DEVICE FOR PROTECTING AN ELECTRIC AND/OR ELECTRONIC COMPONENT ARRANGED ON A CARRIER SUBSTRATE AGAINST ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGES

摘要

According to the invention, the protection device is provided with a first electroconductive structure which is conductively linked to the endangered contact element, in addition to a second electroconductive structure which is arranged in an adjacent position thereto on the carrier structure and is electroconductively linked to the ground connection. Facing sections of the electroconductive structures are physically separated from each other by means of a defined gap, whereby an excess voltage which is transmitted to the contact element is transmitted from the first electroconductive structure to the section of the second electroconductive structure by a spark discharge in the gap of the section and deviated to the ground connection.