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Patent No.:

US 9397087 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2015

Distributed electrostatic discharge protection circuit with magnetically coupled differential inputs and outputs

Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Lukas Kull, Zurich, CH;

Thomas E. Morf, Gross, CH;

Jonas R. Weiss, Hirzel, CH;

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorneys:

Cantor Colburn LLP

Daniel Morris

Primary Examiner:

Dharti Patel

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/00 (2006.01); H02H 9/02 (2006.01); H01L 27/02 (2006.01); H01L 23/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/0262 (2013.01); H01L 23/66 (2013.01); H01L 2223/6672 (2013.01);
Abstract

A distributed electrostatic discharge protection circuit includes a plurality of electrostatic discharge protection elements and a current balancing network connecting the plurality of electrostatic discharge protection elements. The current balancing network is configured in a return path of the distributed electrostatic discharge protection circuit such that during an electrostatic discharge (ESD) event, the circuit provides predefined current density within each of the electrostatic discharge protection elements.

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