GB2268328B - A capacitor with electrostatic discharge protection - Google Patents

A capacitor with electrostatic discharge protection

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Publication number
GB2268328B
GB2268328B GB9213895A GB9213895A GB2268328B GB 2268328 B GB2268328 B GB 2268328B GB 9213895 A GB9213895 A GB 9213895A GB 9213895 A GB9213895 A GB 9213895A GB 2268328 B GB2268328 B GB 2268328B
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capacitor
electrostatic discharge
discharge protection
protection
electrostatic
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GB9213895D0 (en
Inventor
Charles William Suckling
Martin Jones
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Texas Instruments Ltd
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Texas Instruments Ltd
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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
    • 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

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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)
  • Semiconductor Integrated Circuits (AREA)
GB9213895A 1992-06-30 1992-06-30 A capacitor with electrostatic discharge protection Expired - Fee Related GB2268328B (en)

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GB9213895D0 GB9213895D0 (en) 1992-08-12
GB2268328A GB2268328A (en) 1994-01-05
GB2268328B true GB2268328B (en) 1995-09-06

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Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB9907910D0 (en) * 1999-04-07 1999-06-02 Koninkl Philips Electronics Nv Thin film capacitor element
US10211198B2 (en) * 2017-05-05 2019-02-19 Macronix International Co., Ltd. High voltage electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection

Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3962718A (en) * 1972-10-04 1976-06-08 Hitachi, Ltd. Capacitance circuit
GB2128829A (en) * 1982-09-22 1984-05-02 Rca Corp Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices
WO1989007334A1 (en) * 1988-02-02 1989-08-10 Analog Devices, Inc. Ic with means for reducing esd damage
GB2226699A (en) * 1988-12-28 1990-07-04 Mitsubishi Electric Corp Semiconductor device having dielectric breakdown protection
EP0433758A2 (en) * 1989-12-19 1991-06-26 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Input protection structure for integrated circuits

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3962718A (en) * 1972-10-04 1976-06-08 Hitachi, Ltd. Capacitance circuit
GB2128829A (en) * 1982-09-22 1984-05-02 Rca Corp Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices
WO1989007334A1 (en) * 1988-02-02 1989-08-10 Analog Devices, Inc. Ic with means for reducing esd damage
GB2226699A (en) * 1988-12-28 1990-07-04 Mitsubishi Electric Corp Semiconductor device having dielectric breakdown protection
EP0433758A2 (en) * 1989-12-19 1991-06-26 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Input protection structure for integrated circuits

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GB2268328A (en) 1994-01-05
GB9213895D0 (en) 1992-08-12

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