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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2010
William T. Bandy, Iv, Fremont, CA (US);
Dylan J. Boday, Tucson, AZ (US);
Peter J. Golcher, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Icko E. T. Iben, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sassan K. Shahidi, San Jose, CA (US);
Joyce L. S. Tang, Dublin, CA (US);
William T. Bandy, IV, Fremont, CA (US);
Dylan J. Boday, Tucson, AZ (US);
Peter J. Golcher, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Icko E. T. Iben, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sassan K. Shahidi, San Jose, CA (US);
Joyce L. S. Tang, Dublin, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system in one embodiment includes a cable having a plurality of cable leads, and a multi-diode chip having a pad-side not facing the cable. The multi-diode chip includes a plurality of sets of contact pads on the pad-side of the multi-diode chip, and a plurality of crossed diode sets, wherein each set of crossed diodes is coupled between a first contact pad and a second contact pad of one set of contact pads, wherein at least two of the plurality of cable leads are coupled via wire-bonding to one of the plurality of sets of contact pads of the multi-diode chip for providing electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection for at least one element of the electronic device coupled to the at least two cable leads.