Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Ching-Yun Chang

Yi-Hsun Wu

Ming-Fang Lai

David Yen

Eric Hu

Kevin Yen

An electrostatic discharge protection circuit includes an electrostatic discharge clamp between a first rail and a second rail, a trigger device configured to activate the electrostatic discharge clamp in response to an electrostatic discharge event, and a charge dissipation element between the first rail and the second rail to dissipate a residual charge at an input of the trigger device.

Charge dissipation element for ESD protection

Electrostatic discharge protection circuit

A method for performing a synchronized order change in a manufacturing process is provided. An order is associated with an order number and a work in process (WIP) number, which identifies a physical lot corresponding to the order. The synchronized order change maintains a relationship between the order number and the WIP number while making the change. This avoids the need to scrap lots that are no longer associated with an order number and prevents holds from being placed on incorrect lots.

Method for processing order changes in a manufacturing system

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Hsinchu, Taiwan

Ching-Yun Chang