Central combined active ESD clamp

An electrostatic discharge clamp for groups of terminals having cascaded and different voltage classes, a plurality of discharge paths, and a multiple-input trigger circuit. In response to detecting a positive voltage event at any of the groups of terminals, the trigger circuitry can turn on an elec...

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Main Authors Glaser, Ulrich, Panaite, Dragos
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 30.07.2019
Subjects
CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRICITY
EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
GENERATION
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Summary:An electrostatic discharge clamp for groups of terminals having cascaded and different voltage classes, a plurality of discharge paths, and a multiple-input trigger circuit. In response to detecting a positive voltage event at any of the groups of terminals, the trigger circuitry can turn on an electronic switch causing current caused by the voltage event to flow through one or more of the discharge paths instead of through functional circuitry which could potentially be damaged by the current caused by the voltage event.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201615199379