GB2273831B - Voltage protection circuit - Google Patents

Voltage protection circuit

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Publication number
GB2273831B
GB2273831B GB9226989A GB9226989A GB2273831B GB 2273831 B GB2273831 B GB 2273831B GB 9226989 A GB9226989 A GB 9226989A GB 9226989 A GB9226989 A GB 9226989A GB 2273831 B GB2273831 B GB 2273831B
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Prior art keywords
protection circuit
voltage protection
voltage
circuit
protection
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GB9226989A
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GB9226989D0 (en
Inventor
Jo Hamid
Francois Mackre
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Freescale Semiconducteurs France SAS
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Motorola Semiconducteurs SA
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L27/00—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate
    • H01L27/02—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers
    • H01L27/0203—Particular design considerations for integrated circuits
    • H01L27/0248—Particular design considerations for integrated circuits for electrical or thermal protection, e.g. electrostatic discharge [ESD] protection
    • H01L27/0251—Particular design considerations for integrated circuits for electrical or thermal protection, e.g. electrostatic discharge [ESD] protection for MOS devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L2924/00—Indexing scheme for arrangements or methods for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies as covered by H01L24/00
    • H01L2924/0001—Technical content checked by a classifier
    • H01L2924/0002—Not covered by any one of groups H01L24/00, H01L24/00 and H01L2224/00

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Integrated Circuits (AREA)
  • Metal-Oxide And Bipolar Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Integrated Circuits (AREA)
GB9226989A 1992-12-24 1992-12-24 Voltage protection circuit Expired - Fee Related GB2273831B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

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GB9226989A GB2273831B (en) 1992-12-24 1992-12-24 Voltage protection circuit

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GB9226989A GB2273831B (en) 1992-12-24 1992-12-24 Voltage protection circuit

Publications (3)

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GB9226989D0 GB9226989D0 (en) 1993-02-17
GB2273831A GB2273831A (en) 1994-06-29
GB2273831B true GB2273831B (en) 1997-03-26

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GB2336241B (en) * 1998-01-15 2000-06-14 United Microelectronics Corp Substrate-triggering electrostatic dicharge protection circuit for deep-submicron integrated circuits
JP2018120955A (en) * 2017-01-25 2018-08-02 ルネサスエレクトロニクス株式会社 Semiconductor device

Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4264941A (en) * 1979-02-14 1981-04-28 National Semiconductor Corporation Protective circuit for insulated gate field effect transistor integrated circuits
US4476476A (en) * 1979-04-05 1984-10-09 National Semiconductor Corporation CMOS Input and output protection circuit
US4736271A (en) * 1987-06-23 1988-04-05 Signetics Corporation Protection device utilizing one or more subsurface diodes and associated method of manufacture
EP0291242A2 (en) * 1987-05-15 1988-11-17 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Protection system for CMOS integrated circuits
US4868705A (en) * 1987-02-23 1989-09-19 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Insulated-gate semicustom integrated circuit
US4930037A (en) * 1989-02-16 1990-05-29 Advaced Micro Devices, Inc. Input voltage protection system
US4996626A (en) * 1988-10-14 1991-02-26 National Semiconductor Corp. Resistorless electrostatic discharge protection device for high speed integrated circuits

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4264941A (en) * 1979-02-14 1981-04-28 National Semiconductor Corporation Protective circuit for insulated gate field effect transistor integrated circuits
US4476476A (en) * 1979-04-05 1984-10-09 National Semiconductor Corporation CMOS Input and output protection circuit
US4868705A (en) * 1987-02-23 1989-09-19 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Insulated-gate semicustom integrated circuit
EP0291242A2 (en) * 1987-05-15 1988-11-17 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Protection system for CMOS integrated circuits
US4736271A (en) * 1987-06-23 1988-04-05 Signetics Corporation Protection device utilizing one or more subsurface diodes and associated method of manufacture
US4996626A (en) * 1988-10-14 1991-02-26 National Semiconductor Corp. Resistorless electrostatic discharge protection device for high speed integrated circuits
US4930037A (en) * 1989-02-16 1990-05-29 Advaced Micro Devices, Inc. Input voltage protection system

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GB9226989D0 (en) 1993-02-17

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