Electrostatic discharge protection for high voltage domains

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8830641
APP PUB NO 20130229736A1
SERIAL NO

13784250

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An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device is disclosed. The ESD protection circuit is configured to operate in high voltage domains. The ESD protection device may further include stacked NMOS or PMOS devices. The gates of the MOS devices may be driven by respective inverters. The inverters may be coupled to a voltage divider and may be triggered by respective trigger circuits. Power nodes of the inverters may be connected such that devices in the ESD protection circuit are exposed to voltages that are within their maximum voltage rating.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Sorgeloos, Bart Gistel, BE 12 91
Van, Camp Benjamin Gistel, BE 25 450
Van, Der Borght Johan Gistel, BE 3 44
Van, Wijmeersch Sven Gistel, BE 12 83

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