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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2024
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
James Paul Disarro, Allen, TX (US);
Aravind Chennimalai Appaswamy, Plano, TX (US);
Zaichen Chen, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10D 89/60 (2025.01); H02H 9/04 (2006.01); H10D 12/00 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10D 89/713 (2025.01); H02H 9/046 (2013.01); H10D 12/411 (2025.01);
Abstract
An electrostatic discharge protection system with a node adapted to receive a signal and threshold detecting circuitry coupled to the node. The system includes an IGBT having an IGBT gate coupled to an output of the threshold detecting circuitry, a resistor coupled between an IGBT emitter of the IGBT and a low reference potential node, and a BJT having a BJT base coupled to the IGBT emitter.