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2007-03-21

2010-12-21

DeBeradinis, Robert (Department: 2836)

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Safety and protection of systems and devices

Load shunting by fault responsive means

Reexamination Certificate

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07855862

ABSTRACT:
One example of an ESD protection circuit (100) can include a p-channel field effect transistor (PFET) (110) having a source-drain path connected between a pad (102) and a protected circuit (106). In an ESD event, PFET (110) can provide an ESD discharge path between pad (102) and a high power supply node (114) or low power supply node (112).

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