GB2090701B - Improvements in or relating to input protection for mos integrated circuits - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to input protection for mos integrated circuits

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GB2090701B
GB2090701B GB8134626A GB8134626A GB2090701B GB 2090701 B GB2090701 B GB 2090701B GB 8134626 A GB8134626 A GB 8134626A GB 8134626 A GB8134626 A GB 8134626A GB 2090701 B GB2090701 B GB 2090701B
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integrated circuits
input protection
mos integrated
mos
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STMicroelectronics SRL
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ATES Componenti Elettronici SpA
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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
    • H01L27/0259—Particular design considerations for integrated circuits for electrical or thermal protection, e.g. electrostatic discharge [ESD] protection for MOS devices using bipolar transistors as protective elements

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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)
  • Metal-Oxide And Bipolar Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Integrated Circuits (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Integrated Circuits (AREA)
  • Amplifiers (AREA)
  • Protection Of Static Devices (AREA)
GB8134626A 1980-11-19 1981-11-17 Improvements in or relating to input protection for mos integrated circuits Expired GB2090701B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
IT26063/80A IT1150062B (it) 1980-11-19 1980-11-19 Protezione di ingresso per circuito integrato di tipo mos, a bassa tensione di alimentazione e ad alta densita' di integrazione

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GB2090701A GB2090701A (en) 1982-07-14
GB2090701B true GB2090701B (en) 1984-09-26

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JP (1) JPS57112076A (nl)
DE (1) DE3145592A1 (nl)
FR (1) FR2494501B1 (nl)
GB (1) GB2090701B (nl)
IT (1) IT1150062B (nl)
NL (1) NL189789C (nl)

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US4484244A (en) * 1982-09-22 1984-11-20 Rca Corporation Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices
JPS5992557A (ja) * 1982-11-18 1984-05-28 Nec Corp 入力保護回路付半導体集積回路
JPS60128653A (ja) * 1983-12-16 1985-07-09 Hitachi Ltd 半導体集積回路装置
DE3408285A1 (de) * 1984-03-07 1985-09-19 Telefunken electronic GmbH, 7100 Heilbronn Schutzanordnung fuer einen feldeffekttransistor
EP0157389B1 (en) * 1984-03-31 1991-06-26 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Protection device for a mos transistor
JPS60207383A (ja) * 1984-03-31 1985-10-18 Toshiba Corp 半導体装置
JPS6153761A (ja) * 1984-08-24 1986-03-17 Hitachi Ltd 半導体装置
FR2575333B1 (fr) * 1984-12-21 1987-01-23 Radiotechnique Compelec Dispositif de protection d'un circuit integre contre les decharges electrostatiques
IT1217298B (it) * 1985-05-30 1990-03-22 Sgs Thomson Microelectronics Dispositivo di protezione da scariche elettrostatiche,in particolare per circuiti integrati bipolari
IT1186227B (it) * 1985-12-03 1987-11-18 Sgs Microelettronica Spa Dispositivo di protezione contro le sovratensioni in ingresso per un circuito integrato di tipo mos
DE3615049C2 (de) * 1986-05-03 1994-04-07 Bosch Gmbh Robert Integrierte Widerstandsanordnung mit Schutzelement gegen Verpolung und Über- bzw. Unterspannung
US5077591A (en) * 1986-09-30 1991-12-31 Texas Instruments Incorporated Electrostatic discharge protection for semiconductor input devices
US4739437A (en) * 1986-10-22 1988-04-19 Siemens-Pacesetter, Inc. Pacemaker output switch protection
JPS63198525A (ja) * 1987-02-12 1988-08-17 三菱電機株式会社 過電圧保護装置
US4875130A (en) * 1988-07-06 1989-10-17 National Semiconductor Corporation ESD low resistance input structure
US5189588A (en) * 1989-03-15 1993-02-23 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Surge protection apparatus
US5212618A (en) * 1990-05-03 1993-05-18 Linear Technology Corporation Electrostatic discharge clamp using vertical NPN transistor
US5139959A (en) * 1992-01-21 1992-08-18 Motorola, Inc. Method for forming bipolar transistor input protection
US5591661A (en) * 1992-04-07 1997-01-07 Shiota; Philip Method for fabricating devices for electrostatic discharge protection and voltage references, and the resulting structures
US5272097A (en) * 1992-04-07 1993-12-21 Philip Shiota Method for fabricating diodes for electrostatic discharge protection and voltage references
US5428498A (en) * 1992-09-28 1995-06-27 Xerox Corporation Office environment level electrostatic discharge protection
FR2716294B1 (fr) * 1994-01-28 1996-05-31 Sgs Thomson Microelectronics Procédé de réalisation d'un transistor bipolaire pour protection d'un circuit intégré contre les décharges électrostatiques.
US5545910A (en) * 1994-04-13 1996-08-13 Winbond Electronics Corp. ESD proctection device
EP0688054A3 (en) * 1994-06-13 1996-06-05 Symbios Logic Inc Protection against electrostatic discharges for a semiconductor integrated circuit device
EP0851552A1 (en) * 1996-12-31 1998-07-01 STMicroelectronics S.r.l. Protection ciruit for an electric supply line in a semiconductor integrated device
DE102009015839B4 (de) * 2009-04-01 2019-07-11 Austriamicrosystems Ag Integrierte ESD-Schutzschaltung
JP2013172085A (ja) * 2012-02-22 2013-09-02 Asahi Kasei Electronics Co Ltd 半導体装置の製造方法及び半導体装置

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JPS5410836B1 (nl) * 1970-06-26 1979-05-10
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NL176322C (nl) * 1976-02-24 1985-03-18 Philips Nv Halfgeleiderinrichting met beveiligingsschakeling.

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FR2494501A1 (fr) 1982-05-21
NL189789C (nl) 1993-07-16
IT8026063A0 (it) 1980-11-19
DE3145592C2 (nl) 1993-04-29
IT1150062B (it) 1986-12-10
FR2494501B1 (fr) 1985-10-25
DE3145592A1 (de) 1982-07-15
JPS57112076A (en) 1982-07-12
GB2090701A (en) 1982-07-14
NL189789B (nl) 1993-02-16
NL8105192A (nl) 1982-06-16

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