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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2023
Stmicroelectronics (Rousset) Sas, Rousset, FR;
Stmicroelectronics International N.v., Geneva, CH;
Manoj Kumar, Greater Noida, IN;
Ravinder Kumar, Ambala, IN;
Nicolas Demange, Saint-Maximin la Sainte Baume, FR;
STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS, Rousset, FR;
STMicroelectronics International N.V., Geneva, CH;
Abstract
An integrated circuit includes an overvoltage protection circuit. The overvoltage protection circuit detects overvoltage events at a pad of the integrated circuit. The overvoltage protection circuit generates a max voltage signal that is the greater of the voltage at the pad and a supply voltage of the integrated circuit. The overvoltage protection circuit disables a PMOS transistor coupled to the pad by supplying the max voltage signal to the gate of the PMOS transistor when an overvoltage event is present at the pad.