Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Safety and protection of systems and devices – Impedance insertion
Patent
1994-08-12
1995-11-07
Deboer, Todd
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Safety and protection of systems and devices
Impedance insertion
361 91, 257357, H02H 904
Patent
active
054651891
ABSTRACT:
A new semiconductor controlled rectifier which may be used to provide on-chip protection against ESD stress applied at the input, output, power supply pins or between any arbitrary pair of pins of an integrated circuit is disclosed. The structure which has the lowest breakdown voltage for a given technology is incorporated into the SCR enabling a SCR trigger voltage determined by the lowest breakdown-structure.
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Chatterjee Amitava
Polgreen Thomas L.
Yang Ping
DeBoer Todd
Donaldson Richard L.
Kesterson James C.
Matsil Ira S.
Texas Instruments Incorporated
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