Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrostatic discharge protection circuit and terminating resistor circuit
- Patent Title (中): 静电放电保护电路和终端电阻电路
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Application No.: US11819579Application Date: 2007-06-28
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Publication No.: US07791852B2Publication Date: 2010-09-07
- Inventor: Kanji Otsuka , Tamotsu Usami , Yutaka Akiyama , Tsuneo Ito , Yuko Tanba
- Applicant: Kanji Otsuka , Tamotsu Usami , Yutaka Akiyama , Tsuneo Ito , Yuko Tanba
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo JP Tokyo JP Tokyo JP Tokyo JP Yokohama JP Tokyo JP Kyoto JP Tokyo JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kanji Otsuka,Tamotsu Usami,Yutaka Akiyama,Tsuneo Ito,Yuko Tanba,Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited,OKI Semiconductor Co., Ltd.,Kyocera Corporation,Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.,Renesas Technology Corp
- Current Assignee: Kanji Otsuka,Tamotsu Usami,Yutaka Akiyama,Tsuneo Ito,Yuko Tanba,Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited,OKI Semiconductor Co., Ltd.,Kyocera Corporation,Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.,Renesas Technology Corp
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo JP Tokyo JP Tokyo JP Tokyo JP Yokohama JP Tokyo JP Kyoto JP Tokyo JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Agency: Arent Fox LLP
- Priority: JP2006-177842 20060628
- Main IPC: H02H3/22
- IPC: H02H3/22

Abstract:
Disclosed is an electrostatic discharge protection circuit capable of realizing speeding up of differential signals by reducing a capacitance of the circuit. Transmission lines are connected to an IN terminal and an IN Bar terminal and differential signals are input to the terminals. The ESD protection circuit is connected to the transmission lines and protects an internal circuit from a surge voltage applied to the IN terminal and the IN Bar terminal. A pair of transistors of the ESD protection circuit is formed in the same well. Thereby, when differential signals transit, charges in drains of the pair of transistors holding a state before a transition transfer in the same well. As a result, the capacitances in the drains of the pair of transistors are reduced with respect to the transition of differential signals so that the speeding up of differential signals can be realized.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080042686A1 Electrostatic discharge protection circuit and terminating resistor circuit Public/Granted day:2008-02-21
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