Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit and method
- Patent Title (中): 静电放电（ESD）保护电路及方法
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Application No.: US12284883Application Date: 2008-09-25
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Publication No.: US07948726B2Publication Date: 2011-05-24
- Inventor: Hans A. Troemel, Jr. , Brian R. McClure
- Applicant: Hans A. Troemel, Jr. , Brian R. McClure
- Applicant Address: US GA Peachtree City
- Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Peachtree City
- Agent Laurence S. Roach
- Main IPC: H02H9/00
- IPC: H02H9/00 ; H01C7/12 ; H02H1/00 ; H02H1/04 ; H02H3/22
Abstract:
There is disclosed an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device and method. An electronic device (100) that employs an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises an electronic component (106) having a signal input conductor (302). An exemplary ESD protection circuit (200) includes a spark gap (204) in series with a high pass quarter wave transformer (208). The exemplary ESD protection circuit (200) is adapted to discharge an ESD pulse from the signal input conductor (302) of the electronic component (106) to a ground plane (304) via the spark gap (204) and/or the high pass quarter wave transformer (208).
Public/Granted literature
- US20100073834A1 Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit and method Public/Granted day:2010-03-25
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