DocumentCode
2662812
Title
ESD protection for BiCMOS circuits
Author
Joshi, Sopan ; Juliano, Patrick ; Rosenbaum, Elyse ; Kaatz, Gary ; Kang, Sung-Mo
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
fYear
2000
fDate
2000
Firstpage
218
Lastpage
221
Abstract
We introduce two new ESD protection elements suitable for use in BiCMOS process technology-a grounded gate NMOS built inside a junction-isolated p-well which acts as a lateral NPN, and a modified Zener-triggered vertical NPN circuit
Keywords
BiCMOS integrated circuits; MOSFET; Zener diodes; bipolar transistors; electrostatic discharge; integrated circuit measurement; integrated circuit reliability; isolation technology; protection; BJT; BiCMOS circuits; BiCMOS process technology; ESD protection; ESD protection elements; grounded gate NMOSFET; junction-isolated p-well; lateral NPN; modified Zener-triggered vertical NPN circuit; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Breakdown voltage; Electric breakdown; Electrostatic discharge; Isolation technology; MOS devices; Parasitic capacitance; Protection; Radio frequency; Resistors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, 2000. Proceedings of the 2000
Conference_Location
Minneapolis, MN
ISSN
1088-9299
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6384-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/BIPOL.2000.886209
Filename
886209
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