GB2336241B - Substrate-triggering electrostatic dicharge protection circuit for deep-submicron integrated circuits - Google Patents

Substrate-triggering electrostatic dicharge protection circuit for deep-submicron integrated circuits

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Publication number
GB2336241B
GB2336241B GB9807601A GB9807601A GB2336241B GB 2336241 B GB2336241 B GB 2336241B GB 9807601 A GB9807601 A GB 9807601A GB 9807601 A GB9807601 A GB 9807601A GB 2336241 B GB2336241 B GB 2336241B
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Prior art keywords
dicharge
deep
substrate
integrated circuits
protection circuit
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB9807601A
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GB2336241A (en
GB9807601D0 (en
Inventor
Ming-Dou Ker
Tung-Yang Chen
Chung-Yu Wu
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United Microelectronics Corp
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United Microelectronics Corp
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Priority claimed from TW087100473A external-priority patent/TW363261B/zh
Application filed by United Microelectronics Corp filed Critical United Microelectronics Corp
Priority to GB9807601A priority Critical patent/GB2336241B/en
Priority to DE19818985A priority patent/DE19818985B4/de
Priority to FR9805411A priority patent/FR2773643B1/fr
Publication of GB9807601D0 publication Critical patent/GB9807601D0/en
Publication of GB2336241A publication Critical patent/GB2336241A/en
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Publication of GB2336241B publication Critical patent/GB2336241B/en
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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
    • H01L27/04—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 the substrate being a semiconductor body
    • H01L27/08—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 the substrate being a semiconductor body including only semiconductor components of a single kind
    • H01L27/085—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 the substrate being a semiconductor body including only semiconductor components of a single kind including field-effect components only
    • H01L27/088—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 the substrate being a semiconductor body including only semiconductor components of a single kind including field-effect components only the components being field-effect transistors with insulated gate

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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)
  • Metal-Oxide And Bipolar Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Integrated Circuits (AREA)
GB9807601A 1998-01-15 1998-04-08 Substrate-triggering electrostatic dicharge protection circuit for deep-submicron integrated circuits Expired - Fee Related GB2336241B (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9807601A GB2336241B (en) 1998-01-15 1998-04-08 Substrate-triggering electrostatic dicharge protection circuit for deep-submicron integrated circuits
DE19818985A DE19818985B4 (de) 1998-01-15 1998-04-28 ESD-Schutzschaltkreis
FR9805411A FR2773643B1 (fr) 1998-01-15 1998-04-29 Circuit de protection contre les decharges electrostatiques de declenchement de substrat sur un circuit integre a profondeur d'integration

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
TW087100473A TW363261B (en) 1998-01-15 1998-01-15 Protection circuit for substrate triggering electrostatic discharge
GB9807601A GB2336241B (en) 1998-01-15 1998-04-08 Substrate-triggering electrostatic dicharge protection circuit for deep-submicron integrated circuits

Publications (3)

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GB9807601D0 GB9807601D0 (en) 1998-06-10
GB2336241A GB2336241A (en) 1999-10-13
GB2336241B true GB2336241B (en) 2000-06-14

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GB9807601A Expired - Fee Related GB2336241B (en) 1998-01-15 1998-04-08 Substrate-triggering electrostatic dicharge protection circuit for deep-submicron integrated circuits

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DE (1) DE19818985B4 (fr)
FR (1) FR2773643B1 (fr)
GB (1) GB2336241B (fr)

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TW575989B (en) 2002-09-25 2004-02-11 Mediatek Inc NPN Darlington ESD protection circuit

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WO1991005371A1 (fr) * 1989-09-27 1991-04-18 David Sarnoff Research Center, Inc. Dispositif nmos comprenant une protection integree contre la decharge electrostatique
EP0549320A1 (fr) * 1991-12-27 1993-06-30 Texas Instruments Incorporated Procédé et appareil pour la protection ESD
GB2273831A (en) * 1992-12-24 1994-06-29 Motorola Semiconducteurs Overvoltage protection circuit; electrostatic discharge protection
GB2304994A (en) * 1995-09-05 1997-03-26 Winbond Electronics Corp Capacitor couple electrostatic discharge protection circuit

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DE3907523A1 (de) * 1989-03-08 1990-09-20 Siemens Ag Schutzschaltung gegen ueberspannungen fuer mos-bauelemente
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US5543650A (en) * 1995-01-12 1996-08-06 International Business Machines Corporation Electrostatic discharge protection circuit employing a mosfet device
NL1008963C2 (nl) * 1998-04-22 1999-10-25 United Microelectronics Corp Beveiligingsschakeling tegen elektrostatische ontlading met substraat-triggering voor diep-submicron geïntegreerde schakelingen.

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1991005371A1 (fr) * 1989-09-27 1991-04-18 David Sarnoff Research Center, Inc. Dispositif nmos comprenant une protection integree contre la decharge electrostatique
EP0549320A1 (fr) * 1991-12-27 1993-06-30 Texas Instruments Incorporated Procédé et appareil pour la protection ESD
GB2273831A (en) * 1992-12-24 1994-06-29 Motorola Semiconducteurs Overvoltage protection circuit; electrostatic discharge protection
GB2304994A (en) * 1995-09-05 1997-03-26 Winbond Electronics Corp Capacitor couple electrostatic discharge protection circuit

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DE19818985A1 (de) 1999-07-22
GB2336241A (en) 1999-10-13
FR2773643B1 (fr) 2002-01-18
FR2773643A1 (fr) 1999-07-16
DE19818985B4 (de) 2005-10-06
GB9807601D0 (en) 1998-06-10

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