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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2010
Applicants:
Donelson Arthur Shannon, Austin, TX (US);
Alan Lee Westwick, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Donelson Arthur Shannon, Austin, TX (US);
Alan Lee Westwick, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an embodiment, an electrical over-stress (EOS) circuit includes a detection circuit coupled between first and second supply terminals and configured to detect a perturbation in a supply voltage potential between the first and second supply terminals or between a supply voltage potential and a pad voltage of a bond pad. The EOS circuit further includes an alert generation circuit configured to store data indicating an EOS event in response to detecting the perturbation.