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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
May. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Kyoungmok Son, Suwon-si, KR;
Yong-hoan Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Kyoungmok Son, Suwon-si, KR;
Yong-Hoan Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/00 (2006.01); H01C 7/12 (2006.01); H02H 1/00 (2006.01); H02H 1/04 (2006.01); H02H 3/22 (2006.01); H02H 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Integrated circuit devices and electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuits thereof. An integrated circuit device may include an input/output pad, an internal circuit, and a transistor connected between the input/output pad and the internal circuit configured to perform a switch operation between the input/output pad and the internal circuit in response to a control signal transmitted from the internal circuit, and operate as an ESD protection circuit.