Psemi Corporation

Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation

Erica Poole

Tero Tapio Ranta

Ronald Eugene Reedy

David Kovac

Joseph P Golat

Vadim Kushner

A single supply RF switch driver. The single supply RF switch driver includes an inverter, where a first resistor has been integrated within the inverter, and the resistor is connected to an RF switch. In one aspect, the integration of the first resistor within the inverter allows for the elimination of a negative power supply for the inverter, while maximizing the isolation achieved in the RF switch. In another aspect, the driver is a configured to have a second resistor integrated within the inverter. A third resistor is connected between the gate of the RF switch and the inverter. In an alternate aspect, the driver operates from a positive power supply and a negative power supply, thus increasing the isolation in the RF switch even further.

Single supply RF switch driver

Systems, methods, and apparatus for ESD protection with adjustable trigger voltage decoupled from DC breakdown voltage for semiconductor devices including field effect transistors (FETs), and particularly to metal-oxide-semiconductors (MOSFETs) fabricated on silicon-on-insulator ('SOI') and silicon-on-sapphire ('SOS') substrates are described. The apparatus and method are configured to change reverse biased drain junctions which in turn can control the DC breakdown voltage and the trigger voltage.

ESD protection system, apparatus, and method with adjustable trigger voltage decoupled from DC breakdown voltage

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Erica Poole