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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2006
Applicants:
Charles Chu, Diamond Barr, CA (US);
Marcel Terbeek, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Inventors:
Charles Chu, Diamond Barr, CA (US);
Marcel Terbeek, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an actively triggered ESD protection structure, the control electrode is triggered by an RC circuit, wherein the capacitor is a diffusion capacitor implemented as one or more forward or reverse biased p-n junctions.