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US 2023/0283279 A1Published application
Electrostatic discharge clamp topology
AssigneeSkyworks Solutions, Inc.
InventorAdrian John Bergsma
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Abstract
A clamping circuit comprises a first field-effect transistor (FET) having a gate, a source, and a drain, a diode, a first voltage source, and coupling circuitry configured to couple the first voltage source to the drain of the first FET and the diode to the source of the first FET.
Claims20
A circuit comprising:
- a first voltage source;
- a first diode network including one or more series-connected diodes;
- a second diode network comprising one or more series-connected diodes;
- a field-effect transistor (FET);
- an inverter;
- a resistor;
- a capacitor;
- a second voltage source;
- and
- coupling circuitry configured to couple the first diode network between the first voltage source and the second voltage source, the FET in parallel with the first diode network, a gate of the FET to the inverter, the inverter, resistor, and capacitor to a first node, and the FET to a fourth node between the first diode network and the second diode network.
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A wireless device comprising:
- a first voltage source;
- a first diode network including one or more series-connected diodes;
- a second diode network comprising one or more series-connected diodes;
- a field-effect transistor (FET);
- an inverter;
- a resistor;
- a capacitor;
- a second voltage source;
- and
- coupling circuitry configured to couple the first diode network between the first voltage source and the second voltage source, the FET in parallel with the first diode network, a gate of the FET to the inverter, the inverter, resistor, and capacitor to a first node, and the FET to a fourth node between the first diode network and the second diode network.
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A packaged module comprising:
- a first voltage source;
- a first diode network including one or more series-connected diodes;
- a second diode network comprising one or more series-connected diodes;
- a field-effect transistor (FET);
- an inverter;
- a resistor;
- a capacitor;
- a second voltage source;
- and
- coupling circuitry configured to couple the first diode network between the first voltage source and the second voltage source, the FET in parallel with the first diode network, a gate of the FET to the inverter, the inverter, resistor, and capacitor to a first node, and the FET to a fourth node between the first diode network and the second diode network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.