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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2010
James Karp, Saratoga, CA (US);
Michael J. Hart, San Jose, CA (US);
Mohammed Fakhruddin, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven T. Reilly, Albuquerque, NM (US);
James Karp, Saratoga, CA (US);
Michael J. Hart, San Jose, CA (US);
Mohammed Fakhruddin, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven T. Reilly, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Electro-static discharge ('ESD') protection for a die of a multi-chip module is described. A contact has an externally exposed surface after formation of the die and prior to assembly of the multi-chip module. The contact is for a die-to-die interconnect of the multi-chip module. The contact is for an internal node of the multi-chip module after the assembly of the multi-chip module. A driver circuit is coupled to the contact and has a first input impedance. A discharge circuit is coupled to the contact for electrostatic discharge protection of the driver circuit and has a first forward bias impedance associated with a first discharge path. The first forward bias impedance is a fraction of the first input impedance.