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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2017
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Linfeng He, Orlando, FL (US);
Javier Alejandro Salcedo, North Billerica, MA (US);
Srivatsan Parthasarathy, Acton, MA (US);
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Abstract
Electrical overstress protection via silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) trigger amplification control is provided. In certain configurations, an overstress protection circuit includes a control circuit for detecting presence of an overstress event between a first pad and a second pad of an interface, and a discharge circuit electrically connected between the first pad and the second pad and selectively activated by the control circuit. The interface corresponds to an electronic interface of an integrated circuit (IC), a System on a Chip (SoC), or System in-a-Package (SiP). The discharge circuit includes a first smaller SCR and a second larger SCR. In response to detecting an overstress event, the control circuit activates the smaller SCR, which in turn activates the larger SCR to provide clamping between the first pad and the second pad.