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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2022
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (Cayman) Ltd., Grand Cayman, KY;
Shekar Mallikarjunaswamy, San Jose, CA (US);
Ning Shi, San Jose, CA (US);
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (Cayman) Ltd., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
A bidirectional transient voltage suppressor (TVS) protection circuit includes two sets of steering diodes, a clamp circuit including an MOS transistor integrated with a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) and a trigger circuit. In response to a voltage applied to one of the protected nodes exceeding a first voltage level, the trigger circuit drives the MOS transistor to cause a current flow at the SCR to trigger an SCR action and the SCR clamps the voltage at the respective protected node at a clamping voltage. In other embodiments, a bidirectional transient voltage suppressor (TVS) protection circuit includes two sets of steering diodes with a clamp device merged with a steering diode in each set. In some embodiments, the TVS protection circuit realizes low capacitance at the protected nodes by fully or almost completely depleting the P-N junction connected to the protected nodes in the operating voltage range.