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7187012 Device for protecting I/O lines using PIN or NIP conducting low capacitance transient voltage suppressors and steering diodes  
A device for protecting I/O lines using low capacitance steering diodes ( 1200 ) and PIN or NIP diodes ( 1202 ), ( 1203 ) is disclosed. A low capacitance diode arrangement configured as steering...
7184253 ESD trigger circuit with injected current compensation  
A circuit ( 100 ) can include a first section ( 102 ) that can provide a designated function within an integrated circuit device that can be altered due to current injection at a node ( 106 ). A...
7184252 Surge protector with input transformer  
A surge protector for alternating current service includes at least an incoming hot line and a neutral line, but usually includes an incoming hot line, an incoming neutral line and a safety ground...
7180810 Method of breaking down a fuse in a semiconductor device  
A semiconductor device has: a fuse having one end applied with a first voltage, and a MOS transistor having source, gate and drain and a connection point between the other end of the fuse and one...
7170729 Semiconductor integrated circuit device  
A semiconductor integrated circuit of the present invention includes, between a power line 1 and a ground line 2 , an NMIS transistor 3 capable of supplying fixed signals with low and high...
7170728 Surge suppressor with increased surge current capability  
A surge suppressor configured to receive signals from a coaxial line having a signal carrying inner conductor and a grounded outer conductor. The surge suppressor includes an inner conductor...
7170727 Low capacitance differential input pad with common mode rejection, selectable input impedance, and ESD protection  
An input pad for a differential current input to an integrated circuit contains a switchable and tunable input impedance. The input pad also contains ESD protection and common mode rejection while...
7170726 Uniform turn-on design on multiple-finger MOSFET for ESD protection application  
An electrostatic discharge protection circuit. The electrostatic discharge (ESD) circuit utilizes inductors and resistors added to sources of multiple fingers of the NMOS transistor, which is...
7164568 Bi-directional pin or nip low capacitance transient voltage suppressors and steering diodes  
A bi-directional low capacitance TVS using a PIN or NIP diode is disclosed. Bi-directional low capacitance TVS protection circuit ( 1000 ) consists of two pairs of TVS diodes ( 1001 ), ( 1003 ) and...
7164567 Device for ESD protection of an integrated circuit  
A device for ESD protection of a high frequency circuit ( 1 ) of a semiconductor device comprises first ( 3 ) and second ( 4 ) p-type and first ( 6 ) and second ( 5 ) n-type JFET's, wherein the...
7164565 ESD protection circuit  
An ESD protection circuit for an integrated circuit includes an ESD clamping circuit, an ESD triggering circuit, and an ESD disabling circuit. The ESD clamping circuit is operably coupled to a...
7161786 Data surge protection module  
A data surge protection module which can be added to data and control networks not having such protection. The use of quick connect/disconnect connectors allows the rapid installation or...
7161784 Spark gap apparatus and method for electrostatic discharge protection  
An apparatus for providing electrostatic discharge protection includes a first conductive trace and a second conductive trace. The first conductive trace defines a first conductive periphery and is...
7154721 Electrostatic discharge input protection circuit  
An ESD protection circuit includes: a first metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor discharging an excessive electrostatic current generated between an input pad and an internal circuit, and...
7154720 Semiconductor integrated circuit device with enhanced resistance to electrostatic breakdown  
A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a plurality of internal circuits connected to different power lines, and an inter-circuit signal wire or a branched wire along these internal...
7154719 Circuit for electrostatic discharge protection  
A circuit providing protection against electrostatic discharge (ESD) for internal elements of an Integrated Circuit (IC). In one example, a protection circuit comprises a PMOSFET resistor (R)...
7151298 Electrostatic discharge protection network having distributed components  
An electrostatic discharge protection network comprising electrostatic discharge (ESD) clamp devices distributed between turns of a coil shaped inductor. The inductance of the coil shaped inductor...
7142400 Method and apparatus for recovery from power supply transient stress conditions  
A method for recovery from overstress conditions, comprising the steps of (A) detecting an overstress event, (B) storing an occurrence of the overstress event and (C) taking appropriate action in...
7139157 System and method for protecting a load from a voltage source  
A field effect transistor (FET) is used as the protection circuit. The gate is grounded through an electrical element. The voltage source is connected to the drain of the FET. The load is connected...
7133269 Overvoltage protection apparatus  
An overvoltage protection circuit for a receiver including first and second pass devices and a protection control circuit. The receiver detects the state of a high voltage level input signal using...
7130175 Monolithic integratable circuit arrangement for protection against a transient voltage  
At least one or more terminals of an integrated circuit, such as a low- or high-side driver stage, are protected against transient or over-voltages by two pairs of diodes. A first pair of diodes...
7129759 Integrated circuit including an overvoltage protection circuit  
The power IC includes an output transistor M 0 which controls a current flowing into an L load, a dynamic clamp circuit which clamps an overvoltage, and a clamp control circuit which controls the...
7126798 On die voltage regulator  
According to one embodiment, an integrated circuit (IC) is disclosed. The IC includes a package, a die mounted within the package, circuit components mounted on the die, and a voltage regulator...
7116539 Fast CMOS matched impedance DC write current driver for preamplifiers  
A driver circuit includes a CMOS stage and switch functionalities for performing certain tasks. One task is to selectively block exposure of the CMOS stage to reference voltage(s). Another task is...
7116537 Surge current prevention circuit and DC power supply  
A surge current prevention circuit and DC power supply for preventing surge current in various operation applications with a small circuit configuration. A power switch connects an external power...
7113378 ESD breakdown prevention protection circuit  
A semiconductor device of the invention prevents a breakdown of a gate oxide film, while restraining an area of a protection circuit to enlarge, without substantially involving a modification of a...
7110235 Arrangement for energy conditioning  
Circuit arrangement embodiments that use relative groupings of energy pathways that include shielding circuit arrangements that can sustain and condition electrically complementary energy confluences.
7110230 Method and apparatus for providing current controlled electrostatic discharge protection  
A method and apparatus for providing ESD protection. An ESD clamp is connected across the terminals to be protected circuit. The clamp is coupled to a current detector that activates the clamp when...
7106571 Main element of a surge protector device  
The present invention is directed to a main element of a surge protector device and its fabrication method which uses breakdown phenomenon of a single high resistive film. A breakdown voltage and a...
7106570 Pathway arrangement  
Components embodiments that can sustain and condition complementary energy propagations and confluences of multiple circuitry. 0
7106568 Substrate-triggered ESD circuit by using triple-well  
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit formed on a P-type substrate has a first p + diffusion region in the P-type substrate, a N-well in the P-type substrate, a first n + diffusion...
7106563 Electrostatic discharge protection circuit coupled on I/O pad  
An I/O pad ESD protection circuit is composed of a SCR circuit, a first diode, a second diode, and an anti-latch-up circuit. The SCR circuit has a first connection terminal and a second connection...
7102863 Electrostatic breakdown preventing circuit for semiconductor device  
An electrostatic breakdown preventing circuit has first and second conductive lines, a diode, a power clamp circuit and first and second capacitors. The first and second conductive lines are...
7099131 Surge absorber and surge absorber array  
A surge absorber includes a laminated compact of a first ceramic green sheet having a first internal electrode film extending to both sides thereof, a second ceramic green sheet having an second...
7092229 Electrical filter/protector, and methods of constructing and utilizing same  
A device for an electrical power system having a nonlinear load. The circuit is connected in series with the nonlinear load and is tuned to the third harmonic of the power source frequency. The...
7092227 Electrostatic discharge protection circuit with active device  
An electrostatic discharge protection circuit includes a first terminal, a second terminal, an electrostatic discharge device coupled between the first and second terminals, and an active device...
7088254 System and method for providing a device with protection from a weather event  
The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing a device with protection from a weather event. A method for providing a device with protection from weather events may include...
7085117 EMC immunity improvements to USB interface  
A USB interface having improved EMC immunity where the D+, D−, and USB ground lines each pass through a common mode choke. The USB 5 V line is AC coupled to the USB ground line outside the choke...
7085116 Overload current protection device using magnetic impedance element  
In an overload current protection device for cutting off power from a power supply to a load ( 3 ) such as a motor by means of a contactor (switch) ( 2 ) at overloading, an MI element having a...
7085113 ESD protection power clamp for suppressing ESD events occurring on power supply terminals  
An ESD protection power clamp for suppressing ESD events. A clamping transistor having power source connections connected across the power supply terminals of an integrated circuit is connected to...
7084486 Uni-directional PIN or NIP conducting low capacitance transient voltage suppressors and steering diodes  
A device for protecting I/O lines using PIN or NIP low capacitance transient voltage suppressors and steering diodes are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a two (2) terminal device with a...
7082021 Circuit interrupter with improved surge suppression  
A suppression and protection circuit is used in conjunction with a circuit interrupter. In one configuration, a voltage clamping device such as a metal oxide varistor is utilized in a ground fault...
7081394 Device for electrostatic discharge protection and method of manufacturing the same  
The present invention relates to a device for electrostatic discharge protection (ESD). According to an embodiment of the present invention, a device for electrostatic discharge protection...
7079369 Active power/ground ESD trigger  
An ESD protective triggering circuit for a triggering circuit for a solid state ESD protective device. The arrangement is to provide a controlled current to the protective device that triggers the...
7072157 Electrostatic discharge protection circuit device  
An electrostatic discharge protection circuit device is disclosed, which comprises a first electrostatic discharge protection circuit connected between a first external terminal and a first ground...
7068487 Surge protector  
A surge protector for alternating current service includes at least an incoming hot line and a neutral line, but usually includes an incoming hot line, an incoming neutral line and a safety ground...
7064947 Power surge protection device  
A device is easily connected to a utility panel of a building and includes signals to indicate improper operation in the electrical system of the building. The device further includes a system for...
7064942 ESD protection circuit with tunable gate-bias  
An ESD protection circuit with tunable gate-bias coupled between a first and second pads for receiving power supply voltages. The ESD protection circuit includes a diode, a resistor coupled between...
7061737 System and method for ESD protection on high voltage I/O circuits triggered by a diode string  
An eletrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit and method for operating same are disclosed. The protection circuit for each pad of integrated circuits include a diode string connected to a...
7058305 Optical submarine communication system and surge suppressing apparatus of the optical submarine communication system  
An optical submarine communication system has a land cable connected to a terminal apparatus which is installed on land near the seashore for transmitting an optical signal and electric power. The...