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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2009
John B. Campi, Jr., Westford, VT (US);
Shunhua T. Chang, South Burlington, VT (US);
Kiran V. Chatty, Williston, VT (US);
Robert J. Gauthier, Jr., Hinesburg, VT (US);
Junjun LI, Williston, VT (US);
Mujahid Muhammad, Essex Junction, VT (US);
John B. Campi, Jr., Westford, VT (US);
Shunhua T. Chang, South Burlington, VT (US);
Kiran V. Chatty, Williston, VT (US);
Robert J. Gauthier, Jr., Hinesburg, VT (US);
Junjun Li, Williston, VT (US);
Mujahid Muhammad, Essex Junction, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A robust ESD protection circuit, method and design structure for tolerant and failsafe designs are disclosed. A circuit includes a middle junction control circuit that turns off a top NFET of a stacked NFET electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit during an ESD event.