ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION THYRISTOR

摘要

PURPOSE: An electrostatic discharge(ESD) protection thyristor is provided to reduce a trigger voltage of a thyristor and improve an ESD characteristic by forming a gate-coupled thyristor(GCT) using a gate coupling concept in a device structure functioning as the thyristor. CONSTITUTION: The ESD protection thyristor uses a field oxide layer or a thick oxide layer as a gate oxide layer, including a gate coupling thyristor structure to prevent static electricity of a high voltage device. The gate coupling operation is performed according to a difference of time interval between the rising/falling time of an input/output signal and the rising/falling time of an ESD pulse.