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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Farzan Farbiz, Dallas, TX (US);
John Eric Kunz, Jr., Allen, TX (US);
Aravind C. Appaswamy, Dallas, TX (US);
Akram A. Salman, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/00 (2006.01); H02H 9/04 (2006.01); H02H 9/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/0248 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit (FIG.A) for an integrated circuit is disclosed. The integrated circuit includes a first ESD cell having a current path coupled between a first terminal and a second terminal. A second ESD cell has a current path coupled between the second terminal and a power supply terminal. A passive circuit is connected in parallel with one of the first and second ESD cells.