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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2005
Applicant:
Yoon J. Huh, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Yoon J. Huh, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An RC-triggered electrostatic discharge (ESD) power clamp circuit and method for providing ESD protection uses a control circuit with a latch to selectively activate a clamping transistor to discharge ESD on a first voltage rail to a second voltage rail.