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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2008
Ming-dou Ker, Hsinchu, TW;
Cheng-cheng Yen, Hsinchu, TW;
Chi-sheng Liao, Hsinchu, TW;
Tung-yang Chen, Tainan County, TW;
Ming-Dou Ker, Hsinchu, TW;
Cheng-Cheng Yen, Hsinchu, TW;
Chi-Sheng Liao, Hsinchu, TW;
Tung-Yang Chen, Tainan County, TW;
Himax Technologies Limited, Tainan County, TW;
National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A transient detection circuit including a detecting unit, a setting unit, and a memory unit. The transient detection circuit provides an information signal to an external instrument when an electrostatic discharge (ESD) event occurs. The detecting unit is coupled between a first power line and a second power line for detecting the ESD event. The setting unit sets a level of a first node according to the detection result. The memory unit controls the information signal according to the level of the first node. The information signal is at a first level when the ESD event occurs in the first power line.