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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2014
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Alex P. Gerdemann, Austin, TX (US);
Melanie Etherton, Austin, TX (US);
James W. Miller, Austin, TX (US);
Mohamed S. Moosa, Austin, TX (US);
Robert S. Ruth, Austin, TX (US);
Michael A. Stockinger, Austin, TX (US);
NXP USA, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit including ESD circuitry that is shared among more than one terminal segment of the integrated circuit to discharge current from an ESD event on any of the terminal segments. The shared ESD circuitry includes a clamp circuit that is coupled to power buses of each segment to discharge current from ESD events on each segment. The shared ESD circuitry includes a trigger circuit that is coupled to nodes coupled to terminals of each segment to detect an ESD event on each segment.