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Patent Inventor Names
Michael Stockinger0
James C. Weldon0
James W. Miller0
Michael G. Khazhinsky0
Date of Patent
November 4, 2008
0Patent Application Number
110566170
Date Filed
February 11, 2005
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
An ESD protection system for I/O cells of an integrated circuit. The I/O cells of a bank of cells include a first type of I/O cells having ESD trigger circuits and a second type of I/O cells having ESD clamp devices. In one embodiment, the ESD trigger circuits of the first type are located at the same area of an active circuitry floor plan as the area in the floor plan for the ESD clamp devices of the I/O cells of the second type.
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