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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2009
Applicant:
Sven Van Wijmeersch, Brakel, BE;
Inventor:
Sven Van Wijmeersch, Brakel, BE;
Assignee:
Sofics BVBA, Gistel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/00 (2006.01); H02H 9/04 (2006.01); H02H 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/046 (2013.01); H02H 3/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improved ESD protection circuit having an ESD device and a triggering device to provide a continuously adjustable trigger voltage. This can be accomplished by various techniques such as placing a selected number of triggering elements in series, modifying the gate control circuitry and varying the size of the triggering elements.