Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power supply clamp
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Application No.: US15130920Application Date: 2016-04-15
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Publication No.: US10177556B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Abdellah Bakhali , Mikael Rien , Fabrice Blanc
- Applicant: ARM Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Pramudji Law Group PLLC
- Agent Ari Pramudji
- Priority: GB1507446.1 20150430
- Main IPC: H02H3/20
- IPC: H02H3/20 ; G01R29/08 ; G01R31/40 ; H02H9/04

Abstract:
A power supply clamp connectable between power rails of an electronic circuit comprises a switching component which is switchable to provide a connection path between the power rails of the electronic circuit; a first detector configured to detect an electrostatic discharge event having a first characteristic time period and to generate a detector output signal in response to the detection; a series of one or more successive intermediate amplification stages between the first detector and the switching component, the series of amplification stages providing a control signal path for a control signal to control switching of the switching component in response to the detector output signal; and a second detector configured to detect an electrostatic discharge event having a second characteristic time period, shorter than the first characteristic time period, the second detector being provided at a node in the control signal path subsequent to the first detector (for example, at a second or subsequent one of the series of intermediate amplification stages) so that a detection by the second detector causes the control signal to control switching of the switching component.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160322806A1 Power Supply Clamp Public/Granted day:2016-11-03
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