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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2015
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Yen-Jen Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Chi-Feng Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Hsiao-Chun Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Hsieh-Hung Hsieh, Hsinchu, TW;
Tzu-Jin Yeh, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device comprises a guarded circuit. The semiconductor device also comprises a guard ring surrounding the guarded circuit. The semiconductor device further comprises a resonant circuit coupled with the guard ring. The resonant circuit comprises an input node coupled with the guard ring. The resonant circuit also comprises an inductor. The resonant circuit further comprises a capacitor coupled with the inductor. The resonant circuit additionally comprises a ground node configured to carry a ground voltage. The inductor and the capacitor are coupled between the input node and the ground node.