Invention Grant
US08797698B2 Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection and operating method thereof
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静电放电(ESD)保护及其操作方法
- Patent Title: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection and operating method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 静电放电(ESD)保护及其操作方法
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Application No.: US13770544Application Date: 2013-02-19
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Publication No.: US08797698B2Publication Date: 2014-08-05
- Inventor: Da-Wei Lai , Wade Ma
- Applicant: Da-Wei Lai , Wade Ma
- Applicant Address: TW
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW
- Agency: Lowe Hauptman & Ham, LLP
- Main IPC: H02H9/00
- IPC: H02H9/00

Abstract:
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit includes a clamp transistor, and inverter, a resistance-capacitance (RC) circuit, and a current mirror. The clamp transistor is coupled between a first supply node and a second supply node. The inverter has an input end and an output end, and the output end of the inverter is coupled with a gate of the clamp transistor. The RC circuit is coupled to the first supply node. The current mirror includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is coupled between the input end of the inverter and the second supply node, and the second transistor is coupled between the RC circuit and the second supply node.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130163129A1 ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) PROTECTION AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2013-06-27
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