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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2010
Yuhao Luo, San Jose, CA (US);
Shuxian Wu, San Jose, CA (US);
Xin X. Wu, Fremont, CA (US);
Jae-gyung Ahn, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Deepak K. Nayak, Fremont, CA (US);
Daniel Gitlin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yuhao Luo, San Jose, CA (US);
Shuxian Wu, San Jose, CA (US);
Xin X. Wu, Fremont, CA (US);
Jae-Gyung Ahn, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Deepak K. Nayak, Fremont, CA (US);
Daniel Gitlin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A circuit for protecting a transistor during the manufacture of an integrated circuit device is disclosed. The circuit comprises a transistor having a gate formed over an active region formed in a die of the integrated circuit device; a protection element formed in the die of the integrated circuit device; and a programmable interconnect coupled between the gate of the transistor and the protection element, the programmable interconnect enabling the protection element to be decoupled from the transistor.