• DocumentCode
    501920
  • Title

    5-V tolerant fail-safe ESD solutions for 0.18µm logic CMOS process

  • Author

    Kunz, Keith ; Duvvury, Charvaka ; Shichijo, Hisashi

  • Author_Institution
    Texas Instrum., Inc., Dallas, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    11-13 Sept. 2001
  • Firstpage
    12
  • Lastpage
    21
  • Abstract
    Failsafe, high voltage tolerant, low capacitive ESD solutions are implemented in a 0.18 mum dual- gate advanced CMOS technology. This technology features a drain-extended transistor with BVdss of 13 V. Protection of drain extended transistors that allow up to 7V drain operating voltage using 70Aringring oxide is investigated with the integration of a special ldquoself-alignedrdquo STI-blocked SCR structure. Excellent HBM and CDM performance for the I/O applications with this approach are demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    CMOS logic circuits; electrostatic discharge; STI-blocked SCR structure; drain-extended transistor; logic CMOS process; low capacitive ESD solution; size 0.18 micron; voltage 13 V; voltage 7 V; CMOS logic circuits; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Capacitance; Electrostatic discharge; Low voltage; Protection; Rails; Thyristors; Transistors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrical Overstress/Electrostatic Discharge Symposium, 2001. EOS/ESD '01.
  • Conference_Location
    Portland, OR
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-5853-7039-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-5853-7039-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5254993