1. Semiself-Protection Scheme for Gigahertz High-Frequency Output ESD Protection.
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Lee, Jian-Hsing, Huang, Shao-Chang, Su, Hung-Der, and Chen, Ke-Horng
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ELECTRIC discharges , *SILICON-controlled rectifiers , *TRANSISTORS , *ELECTRIC capacity , *PASSIVE components , *THYRISTORS , *METAL oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors , *RADIO frequency , *INTEGRATED circuits - Abstract
In this paper, a semiself-protection scheme is proposed and developed for gigahertz output electrostatic-discharge (ESD) protection. The output transistor acts as a trigger device to trigger the ESD protection device, and then, it is turned off when the ESD protection device turns on. Thus, the capacitance of a gigahertz high-frequency output pad can be minimized because this scheme is without any additional trigger device or any passive component. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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