发明名称 |
Shared electrostatic discharge protection for integrated circuit output drivers |
摘要 |
A system for protecting metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) output drivers within an integrated circuit (IC) from an electrostatic discharge (ESD) includes a first MOSFET output driver and a second MOSFET output driver positioned within a common IC diffusion material. The system includes a contact ring coupled to the common IC diffusion material and arranged along an outer edge of a perimeter surrounding the MOSFET output drivers. A centroid of each MOSFET output driver is common with a centroid of the perimeter surrounding both MOSFET output drivers. Each MOSFET output driver has a value of substrate resistance (Rsub) that initiates bipolar snapback in the MOSFET output driver at which an ESD event occurs. The value of Rsub depends upon a composite distance from the centroid of each MOSFET output driver to the contact ring. |
申请公布号 |
US8218277(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2012.07.10 |
申请号 |
US20090555598 |
申请日期 |
2009.09.08 |
申请人 |
LI RICHARD C.;KARP JAMES;XILINX, INC. |
发明人 |
LI RICHARD C.;KARP JAMES |
分类号 |
H02H9/00 |
主分类号 |
H02H9/00 |
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