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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2007
Te-wei Chen, Chu-Pei, TW;
Te-Wei Chen, Chu-Pei, TW;
Silicon Motion, Inc. (CN), Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN;
Silicon Motion, Inc. (TW), Jhubei, Hsinchu County, TW;
Abstract
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device for providing an ESD path between two circuitries is provided. Each circuitry has a power supply terminal and a ground terminal. The protection device comprises an equivalent MOS, a first terminal, and a second terminal. The equivalent MOS comprises a source, a drain and a gate, wherein the drain is connected to the gate. The first terminal is connected to the gate, while the second terminal is connected to the source. The first terminal is connected to one power supply terminal and ground terminal, whereas the second terminal is connected to the other the power supply terminal and ground terminal.