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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael O. Jenkins, San Jose, CA (US);
Brett D. Hardy, Chaska, MN (US);
Prashant K. Singh, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Donald C. Grillo, Lakeville, MN (US);
Jeffrey S. Kueng, New Brighton, MN (US);
Assignee:
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/22 ;
Abstract
An over-voltage protected integrated circuit is provided, which includes a discharge node, an input-output pad, a signal trace, which is coupled to the input-output pad, and a pair of back-to-back diodes, which is coupled between the first signal trace and the discharge node.