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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2003
Applicant:
Robert M. Steinhoff, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Robert M. Steinhoff, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ESD protection device can include a silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) and an external pumping circuit. The external pumping circuit can be used to forward bias a junction of the SCR. The external pumping circuit can comprise a transistor that can be coupled to a region of the SCR to pump the region.