Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Over-limit electrical condition protection circuits for integrated circuits
- Patent Title (中): 用于集成电路的超限电气条件保护电路
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Application No.: US12350831Application Date: 2009-01-08
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Publication No.: US08693148B2Publication Date: 2014-04-08
- Inventor: Michael Chaine , Xiaofeng Fan
- Applicant: Michael Chaine , Xiaofeng Fan
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Main IPC: H02H9/00
- IPC: H02H9/00 ; H02H3/22

Abstract:
Integrated circuits, memories, protection circuits and methods for protecting against an over-limit electrical condition at a node of an integrated circuit. One such protection circuit includes a snapback circuit having at least a portion formed in an isolated doped well region and configured to switch to a low impedance state in response to an input exceeding a trigger condition and further having a control circuit electrically coupled to a reference voltage and further electrically coupled to the isolated doped well region and the portion of the snapback circuit formed in the doped well region. The control circuit includes an impedance adjustable in response to a control signal and configured to adjust an isolated doped well impedance in which at least a portion of the snapback circuit is formed relative to the reference voltage. A modulated trigger and hold condition for the snapback circuit can be set according to a control signal adjusting an electrical impedance of the control circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100172059A1 OVER-LIMIT ELECTRICAL CONDITION PROTECTION CIRCUITS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Public/Granted day:2010-07-08
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