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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2007
Applicant:
Ronald Thomas Keen, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventor:
Ronald Thomas Keen, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Shenzhen TCL New Technology Ltd, Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to an electrostatic discharge/electromagnetic interference (ESD/EMI) protection circuit for an integrated circuit. The ESD/EMI protection circuit comprises an input that is adapted to receive a communication signal, a Zener diode pair connected between the input and a ground that is shared with the input, a resistor coupled to the input, and a capacitor coupled in series with the resistor between the input and the integrated circuit.