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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2016
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Robert Matthew Mertens, Austin, TX (US);
Alexander Paul Gerdemann, Austin, TX (US);
Michael A. Stockinger, Austin, TX (US);
NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit for protecting against transient electrical stress events includes a rail clamp device, and a trigger circuit including a resistive-capacitive (RC) filter, a drive circuit including a first inverter stage receiving an input signal from the RC filter, the drive circuit is configured to enable the rail clamp device during a transient electrical stress event, and a stress event detection circuit coupled to the RC filter. The drive circuit includes a configurable activation voltage which is controlled by the stress event detection circuit, wherein the activation voltage is reduced when the transient electrical stress event is detected.