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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1998
Kousuke Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Input/output circuitry for electrically protecting an internal element includes an input/output terminal connected to the internal element, a pair of first and second power terminals applied with a bias voltage, a series connection of a diode and a bipolar transistor between the pair of first and second power terminals so that an intermediate point between the diode and the bipolar transistor is connected to the input terminal, and a parasitic resistance connected between a base of the bipolar transistor and the diode so that the diode is connected between the parasitic resistance and an emitter of the bipolar transistor. An electrostatic pulse applied to the input/output terminal is clamped by the series connection of the diode and the bipolar transistor to protect the internal element from an electrostatic pulse applied to the input/output terminal.