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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
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.