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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Li-Wei Chu, Hsinchu, TW;
Tao Yi Hung, Hsinchu, TW;
Chia-Hui Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Wun-Jie Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Jam-Wem Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some aspects of the present disclosure, an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit is disclosed. In some aspects, the ESD protection circuit includes a first transistor coupled to a pad, a second transistor coupled between the first transistor and ground, a stack of transistors coupled to the first transistor, and an ESD clamp coupled between the stack of transistors and the ground.