ESD protection design in a 0.18-/spl mu/m salicide CMOS technology by using substrate-triggered technique

Ming-Dou Ker, Tung Yang Chen, Chung-Yu Win

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    Abstract

    A novel substrate-triggered technique, as comparing to the traditional gate-driven technique, is proposed to effectively improve ESD (electrostatic discharge) robustness of IC products. The on-chip ESD protection circuits designed with the substrate-triggered technique for input, output and power pads have been fabricated and verified in a 0.18-/spl mu/m salicide CMOS process. The HBM ESD level of the ESD protection NMOS with a W/L of 300 /spl mu/m/0.3 /spl mu/m can be improved from the original 0.8 kV to become 3.3 kV by this substrate-triggered technique.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationISCAS 2001 - 2001 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Conference Proceedings
    Pages754-757
    Number of pages4
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2001
    Event2001 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2001 - Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Duration: 6 May 20019 May 2001

    Publication series

    NameISCAS 2001 - 2001 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Conference Proceedings
    Volume4

    Conference

    Conference2001 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2001
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    CitySydney, NSW
    Period6/05/019/05/01

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