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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2008
Applicant:
I-cheng Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventor:
I-Cheng Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
Mediatek Inc., Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides an ESD protection circuit, including: a first protecting circuit coupled between a first pad and a second pad, the first protecting circuit including a first discharge transistor; and a second protecting circuit coupled to the first pad and the second pad, the second protecting circuit including a second discharge transistor. One of the first and second discharge transistors is a high-voltage component, and the other of the first and second discharge transistors is a low-voltage component.