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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2004
Applicant:
Jeremy Charles Smith, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Jeremy Charles Smith, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas TX, unknown;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/20 (2006.01); H02H 3/22 (2006.01); H02H 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Electrostatic discharge protection circuitry includes a timing circuit operably coupled between the high supply side and low supply side of an associated circuit. The timing circuit has an RC node used for triggering a series of inverters configured to control an ESD dissipation device operably coupled to the high supply side node and the low side supply node of the circuit. A feedback transistor network and a feedback conditioning network is provided for ensuring that the ESD device is held on during an ESD event.