• DocumentCode
    2051708
  • Title

    Adarlington-based SCR ESD protection device for high-speed applications

  • Author

    Sarbishaei, Hossein ; Lubana, Sumanjit Singh ; Semenov, Oleg ; Sachdev, Manoj

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Waterloo, ON
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    April 27 2008-May 1 2008
  • Firstpage
    633
  • Lastpage
    634
  • Abstract
    Silicon controlled rectifiers (SCRs) are used extensively in high frequency applications. To reduce their first breakdown voltage, they are used with different triggering mechanisms. In this paper, a novel ESD protection device is proposed that can reduce the first breakdown voltage of SCR to 3V without any extra triggering devices.
  • Keywords
    bipolar transistors; electrostatic discharge; thyristors; trigger circuits; Darlington-based SCR; ESD protection device; bipolar transistors; breakdown voltage; silicon controlled rectifiers; triggering mechanisms; voltage 3 V; Application software; Avalanche breakdown; Bipolar transistors; CMOS technology; Electrostatic discharge; Equivalent circuits; Frequency; Parasitic capacitance; Protection; Thyristors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Reliability Physics Symposium, 2008. IRPS 2008. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Phoenix, AZ
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2049-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2050-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RELPHY.2008.4558962
  • Filename
    4558962