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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2015
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Ahmed Abdel Monem Youssef, San Diego, CA (US);
Prasad Srinivasa Siva Gudem, San Diego, CA (US);
Eugene Robert Worley, Irvine, CA (US);
Dongling Pan, San Diego, CA (US);
Li-Chung Chang, Irvine, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A CMOS amplifier including electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuits is disclosed. In one embodiment, the CMOS amplifier may include a PMOS transistor, a NMOS transistor, primary protection diodes, and one or more auxiliary protection diodes to limit a voltage difference between terminals of the CMOS amplifier. In some embodiments, the auxiliary protection diodes may limit the voltage difference between an input terminal of the CMOS amplifier and a supply voltage, the input terminal of the CMOS amplifier and ground, and the input terminal and the output terminal of the CMOS amplifier.