摘要:
In one embodiment, an asymmetric bidirectional surge protection device is provided, including a crowbar device, and a clamping device, wherein the crowbar device is formed in a first area of a semiconductor die, and wherein the clamping device is formed in a second area of the semiconductor die, wherein the second area surrounds the first area.
摘要:
An ESD protection circuit and device structure comprises five transistors, two PNP and three NPN. The five transistors are coupled together so that a first NPN and PNP pair constitute a first silicon controlled rectifier, SCR. The NPN transistor 102 of the first SCR and a third transistor of NPN type are coupled so that they constitute a Darlington pair. A further NPN and PNP pair are coupled together to form a second SCR with the collector of the PNP transistor of the first SCR being coupled with the emitter of the PNP transistor of the second SCR. The circuit is particularly suitable for high voltage triggering applications and two or more devices may be cascaded in series in order to further increase the triggering voltage.
摘要:
An integrated circuit comprising electro-static discharge (ESD) protection circuitry arranged to provide ESD protection to an external terminal of the integrated circuit. The ESD protection circuitry comprises: a thyristor circuit comprising a first bipolar switching device operably coupled to the external terminal and a second bipolar switching device operably coupled to another external terminal, a collector of the first bipolar switching device being coupled to a base of the second bipolar switching device and a base of the first bipolar switching device being coupled to a collector of the second bipolar switching device. A third bipolar switching device is also provided and operably coupled to the thyristor circuit and has a threshold voltage for triggering the thyristor circuit, the threshold voltage being independently configurable of the thyristor circuit. The first and second switching devices are arranged so as to provide, when in use, a bidirectional snapback characteristic and a snapback voltage associated therewith.
摘要:
Disclosed is an ESD protection circuit comprising a plurality of bipolar transistors, namely a plurality of ESD current conducting transistors (q1, q2, q4) in a main ESD current conducting path between a first and a second terminal (T1, T2), and further comprises at least one driving transistor (q3) connected in parallel to at least one of the ESD current conducting transistors (q1) and provided for conducting a driving current (lb2) to one or more of the ESD current conducting transistors (q3) on occurrence of an ESD event.
摘要:
Disclosed is a circuit (100) comprising a transistor (110) coupled between a supply voltage line (102) and ground (106), the transistor comprising a control terminal coupled to a input signal line (104), the circuit further comprising first and second bipolar transistors (122, 124) coupled in series between the input signal line (104) and ground (106), wherein the base of the first bipolar transistor is connected to the input signal line and the base of the second bipolar transistor is connected to ground.