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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2008
Hans A. Troemel, Jr., Sharpsburg, GA (US);
Brian R. Mcclure, Newnan, GA (US);
Hans A. Troemel, Jr., Sharpsburg, GA (US);
Brian R. McClure, Newnan, GA (US);
Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device and method. An electronic device () that employs an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises an electronic component () having a signal input conductor (). An exemplary ESD protection circuit () includes a spark gap () in series with a high pass quarter wave transformer (). The exemplary ESD protection circuit () is adapted to discharge an ESD pulse from the signal input conductor () of the electronic component () to a ground plane () via the spark gap () and/or the high pass quarter wave transformer ().