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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Realtek Semiconductor Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Tay-Her Tsaur, Tai-Nan, TW;
Cheng-Cheng Yen, Hsinchu, TW;
Chien-Ming Wu, Hsinchu County, TW;
Cheng-Pang Chan, Hsinchu County, TW;
Assignee:
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/04 (2006.01); H01L 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/04 (2013.01); H01L 27/0285 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure provides an ESD protection circuit coupled to a first and a second terminals of a differential-pair circuit. The ESD protection circuit includes: an ESD sensing unit coupled to the first and the second terminals and sensing electrical changes at the first and the second terminals to generate a first trigger signal; and a first discharging unit coupled to the ESD sensing unit and turning on a first discharging path according to the first trigger signal.