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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Noriko Shinomiya, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ;
Abstract
In a semiconductor integrated circuit device, at least one I/O cell can be disposed in a desired position within a chip. The semiconductor integrated circuit device includes an ESD protection circuit separated from the I/O cell and disposed in an ESD protection circuit region provided in a peripheral portion of the chip; the I/O cell disposed closer to the center of the chip than the ESD protection circuit region; and a wire for connecting the I/O cell to the ESD protection circuit.