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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chuen-Der Lien, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Tak Kwong Wong, Milpitas, CA (US);
Tzong-Kwang Yeh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Integrated Device Technology, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361111 ; 361 56 ; 361 58 ; 361 911 ; 361111 ;
Abstract
A circuit for protecting the internal circuitry of a semiconductor chip from increased power supply voltages due to electrostatic discharge events is presented. The circuit comprises a trigger circuit including a resistor and diode array coupled between a power line and a ground line and a discharge circuit which, when turned on by an output signal of the trigger circuit, conducts the excess charge on the power line to ground.
Lien, Chuen-Der. (2000). Esd damage protection using a clamp circuit (U.S. Patent No. 6069782). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6069782
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