Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrostatic discharge clamp with disable
- Patent Title (中): 带静电放电钳
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Application No.: US13740102Application Date: 2013-01-11
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Publication No.: US09083176B2Publication Date: 2015-07-14
- Inventor: Eugene Robert Worley , Sreeker Dundigal , Evan Siansuri , Reza Jalilizeinali , Michael Brunolli
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agent Paul S. Holdaway
- Main IPC: H02H9/00
- IPC: H02H9/00 ; H02H9/04 ; G06F1/30 ; H01L23/62

Abstract:
In a particular embodiment, a circuit includes a power supply, a ground, and a clamping transistor circuit coupled to the power supply and to the ground. The circuit further includes a disable clamp circuit. The disable clamp circuit is coupled to the power supply and is responsive to a second power supply input to selectively disable the clamping transistor circuit by modifying a charging current applied to a capacitor of the clamping transistor circuit. In a particular embodiment, modifying the charging current includes enabling a second charging path. Enabling the second charging path enables charging the capacitor at a higher charging rate than a charging rate associated with charging the capacitor via a first charging path.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140198414A1 ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE CLAMP WITH DISABLE Public/Granted day:2014-07-17
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