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Novel RC-Clamp Design for High Supply Voltage

Chen et al., 2019

Document ID
14160942984189521218
Author
Chen Y
Liou T
Wong S
Publication year
Publication venue
2019 IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS)

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The paper presents the innovated methodologies by simply adding resistors and MIM capacitor to optimize ESD power clamps for high supply voltage that exceeds (generally doubles) the maximum applicable voltage for a standard CMOS process. The biggest …
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