Electrostatic discharge protective circuit having high trigger current
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN Β· China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP
- Publication Date
- 2006-03-29
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable Β· inactive patent
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Abstract
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[0001] The present invention relates to an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit using a semiconductor controlled rectifier (SCR), especially an ESD protection circuit with high trigger current. Background technique
[0002] ESD has been one of the important reliability measurement standards in semiconductor products, especially for downsized complementary metal oxide semiconductor (complementary metal oxide semiconductor, CMOS) technology. Because the breakdown voltage of the gate oxide layer of metal oxide semiconductor transistors (metal oxide semiconductor, MOS) becomes lower with the progress of manufacturing technology, therefore, setting up an ESD protection circuit at each input and output port is to prevent ESD stress from affecting gate oxidation. One of the effective ways to cause damage to layers. Because of its very low holding voltage, SCRs are often used as ESD protection components. figure 1 It is a schematic cross-sectional view ...