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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
May. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Da-Wei Lai, Nijmegen, NL;
Taede Smedes, Nijmegen, NL;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/22 (2006.01); H05K 9/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/003 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H01L 27/02 (2006.01); H02H 9/04 (2006.01); H01L 23/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 9/0067 (2013.01); H03K 19/00346 (2013.01); H01L 23/60 (2013.01); H01L 27/0255 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01); H02H 9/046 (2013.01); H05K 1/0259 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of a method for providing electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection for an Input/Output (I/O) device, an ESD protection device for an I/O device, and an I/O device are described. In one embodiment, a method for providing ESD protection for an I/O device involves activating a switch device to turn off the I/O device during an ESD event and deactivating the switch device to turn on the I/O device in the absence of an ESD event. Other embodiments are also described.