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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
May. 23, 2008
Michael Shih Chiang Yang, Hong Kong, CN;
Dennis Tak Kit Tong, Hong Kong, CN;
Michael Shih Chiang Yang, Hong Kong, CN;
Dennis Tak Kit Tong, Hong Kong, CN;
SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd., Hong Kong, CN;
Abstract
Certain example embodiments disclosed herein relate to multi-chip module (MCM) packages that include external and internal electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuits, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, ESD protection circuits are located under the IO pads in the MCM package, the size of the internal dies' ESD circuits are reduced (e.g., by making them as small as possible in certain example implementations), and high-immunity ESD circuits are provided to the IO pads where they are exposed to the external environment. The external ESD protection circuits may provide a higher level of voltage protection than the internal ESD protection circuits. Thus, the external ESD protection circuits may provide shock protection from human body model shocks, whereas the internal ESD protection circuits may provide protection from machine or assembly model shocks.