DocumentCode
1452065
Title
Zener substrate triggering for CMOS ESD protection devices
Author
Blecher, Y. ; Fried, R.
Author_Institution
Nat. Semicond., Herzlia, Israel
Volume
32
Issue
22
fYear
1996
fDate
10/24/1996 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
2102
Lastpage
2103
Abstract
A low-voltage substrate triggering method for ESD protection structures in a standard CMOS digital process is presented. The principle is based on Zener avalanche to cause a local increase in substrate voltage
Keywords
CMOS integrated circuits; Zener diodes; electrostatic discharge; protection; CMOS ESD protection devices; LV substrate triggering method; Zener avalanche; Zener substrate triggering; standard CMOS digital process;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19961358
Filename
543842
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