Invention Grant
- Patent Title: ESD protection charge pump active clamp for low-leakage applications
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Application No.: US15281379Application Date: 2016-09-30
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Publication No.: US10396550B2Publication Date: 2019-08-27
- Inventor: James P. Di Sarro , Farzan Farbiz
- Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Rose Alyssa Keagy; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H02H9/04
- IPC: H02H9/04 ; H01L27/02 ; H02H1/00
Abstract:
Disclosed examples include an electrostatic discharge protection circuit including a shunt transistor coupled between first and second power supply nodes, a sensing circuit to deliver a control voltage signal to turn on the shunt transistor in response to a detected change in a voltage of the first power supply node resulting from an ESD stress event, and a charge pump circuit to boost the control voltage signal in response to the control voltage signal turning the shunt transistor on.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180097357A1 ESD PROTECTION CHARGE PUMP ACTIVE CLAMP FOR LOW-LEAKAGE APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2018-04-05
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