INTEGRATED ESD PROTECTION DEVICE

摘要

An integrated electrostatic discharge (ESD) device (10) includes a first ESD structure (16) coupled to a pad terminal (12) of the integrated ESD device and a second ESD structure (18) coupled to a ground terminal (14) of the integrated ESD device. The integrated ESD device also comprises a diffusion region (20) that is shared by each of the first ESD structure and the second ESD structure, such that the shared diffusion region forms a portion of at least one semiconductor junction associated with each of the first ESD structure and the second ESD structure.