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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2013
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Eugene R. Worley, Irvine, CA (US);
Mingliang Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Ankit Srivastava, San Diego, CA (US);
Song S. Shi, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/00 (2006.01); H02H 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a particular embodiment, an apparatus includes an electrostatic discharge (ESD) clamping transistor coupled to a ground terminal of a device. The apparatus further includes a switch coupled between a body terminal of the ESD clamping transistor and the around terminal.