• DocumentCode
    2615577
  • Title

    A Circular Output Protection Device using Bipolar Action

  • Author

    Momodomi, Masaki ; Horiguchi, Fumio ; Ogura, Mitsugi ; Kozuka, Eiji

  • Author_Institution
    VLSI Research Center, Toshiba Corporation, 1, Komukai Toshiba-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki, 210 Japan. (044)-511-2111
  • fYear
    1987
  • fDate
    31868
  • Firstpage
    169
  • Lastpage
    173
  • Abstract
    This paper will cover ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) protection reliability in an 1.2 micron NMOS technology. Several OPDs (Output Protection Devices) were designed and measured in order to study the location of energy dissipation and the ability of energy absorption during ESD event. A new circular OPD using bipolar action is proposed as the most promising OPD. The high reliability of this OPD is also described.
  • Keywords
    Aluminum; Circuit testing; Electrostatic discharge; Electrostatic measurements; Integrated circuit measurements; MOS devices; Protection; Threshold voltage; Variable structure systems; Very large scale integration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Reliability Physics Symposium, 1987. 25th Annual
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA, USA
  • ISSN
    0735-0791
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRPS.1987.362174
  • Filename
    4208708