Title

Novel and robust silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) based devices for on-chip ESD protection

Authors

Authors

J. A. Salcedo; J. J. Liou;J. C. Bernier

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Abbreviated Journal Title

IEEE Electron Device Lett.

Keywords

electrostatic discharge (ESD); on-chip protection; silicon-controlled; rectifier (SCR); VOLTAGE; LVTSCR; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Abstract

Silicon-controlled rectifiers (SCRs) are frequently used to, build on-chip electrostatic discharge (ESD), protection structures, but SCRs are not sufficiently robust to meet a wide range of ESD requirements in various integrated circuits. In this paper, a novel and robust SCR-based device called the HHLVTSCR is presented. It is demonstrated that HHLVTSCR can exhibit various characteristics useful for ESD solutions. An example is also included to illustrate how HHVLTSCRs can be used to provide ESD protection to a practical application.

Journal Title

Ieee Electron Device Letters

Volume

25

Issue/Number

9

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

658

Last Page

660

WOS Identifier

WOS:000223577600023

ISSN

0741-3106

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