Electrostatic discharge protection device

Details Electrostatic discharge protection device Electrostatic discharge protection device

1996-04-18

1997-05-27

Gaffin, Jeffrey A.

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Discharging or preventing accumulation of electric charge

Specific conduction means or dissipator

361212, H01H 4700

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056337809

ABSTRACT:
An electrostatic discharge protection device is disclosed which automatically connects selected connector pins of a semiconductor chip package ("SCP") or connectors on printed circuit boards such that the connector pins are held at a common voltage until insertion of the SCP into a receptor or until insertion of a cable into the connector which overcomes an internal resilient bias of the electrostatic discharge protection device causing the common connection to be removed. Removal of the SCP from the receptor or the cable from its connector removes the force which overcomes the bias, thereby reestablishing the common electrical connection thus automatically moving the electrostatic discharge protection device between inoperative and operative positions.

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