Inventor
VROTSOS THOMAS A
US14 patents
Patents
14 patentsUS6016002AJan 18, 2000
Stacked silicon-controlled rectifier having a low voltage trigger and adjustable holding voltage for ESD protection
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Body-triggered ESD protection circuit
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US5850095ADec 15, 1998
ESD protection circuit using zener diode and interdigitated NPN transistor
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US6784496B1Aug 31, 2004
Circuit and method for an integrated charged device model clamp
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US6628493B1Sep 30, 2003
System and method for electrostatic discharge protection using lateral PNP or PMOS or both for substrate biasing
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US5982217ANov 9, 1999
PNP driven NMOS ESD protection circuit
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US6172404B1Jan 9, 2001
Tuneable holding voltage SCR ESD protection
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US5808342ASep 15, 1998
Bipolar SCR triggering for ESD protection of high speed bipolar/BiCMOS circuits
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US5747834AMay 5, 1998
Adjustable Bipolar SCR holding voltage for ESD protection circuits in high speed Bipolar/BiCMOS circuits
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US6577481B2Jun 10, 2003
Cascoded NPN electrostatic discharge protection circuit
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US9019670B2Apr 28, 2015
Bi-directional ESD protection circuit
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Bi-directional electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit
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US8384127B1Feb 26, 2013
Bi-directional ESD protection circuit
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US6873506B2Mar 29, 2005
System and method for electrostatic discharge protection using lateral PNP or PMOS or both for substrate biasing
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