Integrated circuit comprising at least one esd protecting device
AssigneeSTMicroelectronics International N.V.
InventorsThalis DA COSTA GUEDES, Johan BOURGEAT
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Abstract
The present description provides an integrated circuit comprising at least one device of protection against electrostatic discharges (ESD), the device comprising at least: a capacitive element comprising at least one metal-oxide-metal (MOM) capacitive element, comprising portions of metal interconnection levels of the integrated circuit; and an electronic ESD protection component, coupled in parallel with an MOM capacitive element and arranged, in the integrated circuit, vertically in line with the MOM capacitive element.
Claims19
An integrated circuit comprising at least one device of protection against electrostatic discharges (ESD), wherein the at least one device comprises:
- a capacitive element comprising at least one metal-oxide-metal (MOM) capacitive element comprising portions of metal interconnection levels of the integrated circuit;
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- an ESD protection electronic component coupled in parallel with the MOM capacitive element and arranged, in the integrated circuit, vertically in line with the MOM capacitive element.
A method of forming at least one integrated circuit, comprising a forming of at least one electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device comprising at least:
- a forming of an ESD protection electronic component;
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- a forming of a capacitive element comprising at least one metal-oxide-metal (MOM) capacitive element, coupled in parallel with the ESD protection electronic component and comprising portions of metal interconnection levels of the at least one integrated circuit and such that the ESD protection electronic component is arranged, in the at least one integrated circuit, vertically in line with the MOM capacitive element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.