Electrical protection circuit, integrated circuit, and mobile communication device

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an electrical protection circuit comprising a protection device electrically coupled between a supply voltage input and a reference potential and having a control gate for selectively activating a discharge path. The circuit comprises an RC circuit electrically coupled between the supply voltage input and the reference potential and having a first internal node for providing a control voltage, a first control path electrically coupled between the first internal node and the control gate and having a first trigger element for triggering the protection device, where the first trigger element is configured to act as a digital control element, and a second control path electrically coupled between the first internal node and the control gate and having a second trigger element for triggering the protection device, where the second trigger element is configured to act as a gradual control element.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.