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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Kevin Gallagher, Midleton, IE;
Gerald Murphy, Carrigrohane, IE;
Andrew Walker, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Gallagher, Midleton, IE;
Gerald Murphy, Carrigrohane, IE;
Andrew Walker, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One example of an ESD protection circuit () can include a p-channel field effect transistor (PFET) () having a source-drain path connected between a pad () and a protected circuit (). In an ESD event, PFET () can provide an ESD discharge path between pad () and a high power supply node () or low power supply node ().