Design on ESD protection scheme for IC with power-down-mode operation.

This paper presents a new electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection scheme for IC with power-down-mode operation. Adding a VDD ESD bus line and diodes into the proposed ESD protection scheme can block the leakage current from I/O pin to VDD power line and avoid malfunction during power-down operation...

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Published in:	IEEE Journal of solid state circuits 39, 8 (2004).
Main Author:	Ming-Dou Ker
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	0.35 micron. 7.5 kV. ESD clamp circuits. ESD protection design. ESD protection scheme. HBM ESD level. I/O pin. IC protection. VDD ESD bus line. VDD ESD diodes. VDD power line. VSS power line. Electrostatic discharge. Human-body model. Leakage current. Power-down mode. Power-down-mode operation. Silicided CMOS process.