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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
May. 09, 2011
Applicants:
Christopher A. Bennett, Topsham, ME (US);
Kenneth P. Snowdon, Falmouth, ME (US);
Inventors:
Christopher A. Bennett, Topsham, ME (US);
Kenneth P. Snowdon, Falmouth, ME (US);
Assignee:
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus comprises an integrated circuit (IC) including an external IC connection, a high impedance circuit, a biasing circuit communicatively coupled to the external IC connection via the high impedance circuit, and an electro-static discharge (ESD) protection circuit coupled to the biasing circuit to form a circuit shunt path leading from the IC external connection to the ESD protection circuit via the high impedance circuit.