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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1987
Applicant:
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 91 ; 361 58 ; 357 2313 ; 357 59 ; 3302 / ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit has an input protection circuit coupled between an input pad and an input circuit. The input pad receives a signal provided externally from the integrated circuit. The input circuit is responsive to the signal provided externally from the integrated circuit. The input protection circuit provides protection against electrostatic discharge (ESD). The input protection circuit includes two polysilicon resistors in parallel in which one has a greater width than the other. The greater width resistor will be the first to open under ESD stress leaving the other resistor to still provide a signal path between the input pad and the input circuit.