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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2007
Shih-hung Chen, Taipei County, TW;
Ming-dou Ker, Hsinchu, TW;
Shih-Hung Chen, Taipei County, TW;
Ming-Dou Ker, Hsinchu, TW;
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A circuit capable of providing electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection, the circuit comprising a first set of power rails comprising a first high power rail and a first low power rail, a first interface circuit between the first set of power rails, the first interface circuit having at least one gate electrode, a first ESD device comprising a terminal coupled to the at least one gate electrode of the first interface circuit, and a second ESD device comprising a terminal coupled to the at least one gate electrode of the first interface circuit, the first ESD device and the second ESD device being configured to maintain a voltage level at the at least one gate electrode of the first interface circuit at approximately a ground level when ESD occurs.