Koo et al., 2011 - Google Patents
Electrical characteristics of novel ESD protection devices for I/O and power clampKoo et al., 2011
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- 17755990427183238872
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- Koo Y
- Lee K
- Choi J
- Lee C
- Lee Y
- Yang Y
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- 2011 IEEE International Symposium of Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
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This paper presents a novel silicon controlled rectifier (SCR)-based (Electrostatic Discharge) ESD protection devices for I/O clamp and power clamp. The proposed ESD protection devices has a high holding voltage and a low tigger voltage characteristic than conventional …
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