A CIRCUIT WITH HOT-PLUG PROTECTION, CORRESPONDING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, VEHICLE AND METHOD

An integrated circuit with hot-plug protection is disclosed.The integrated circuit (30) comprises a plurality of input pins (Pin1, ..., PinN) and at least one output pin (46), and includes a hot-plug protection circuit (40) .The hot-plug protection circuit (40) comprises:- a plurality of electrical connections, wherein the input pins in the plurality of input pins (Pin1, ..., PinN) are electrically coupled to a common node (42) in the hot-plug protection circuit (40) via respective electrical connections in the plurality of electrical connections, and- clamping circuitry (44) coupled between the common node (42) and the at least one output pin (46), the clamping circuitry (44) activatable as a result of a voltage spike applied across the clamping circuitry (44) .The plurality of electrical connections and the clamping circuitry (44) provide respective current discharge paths between the input pins in the plurality of input pins (Pin1, ..., PinN) and the at least one output pin (46), the respective current discharge paths configured to become conductive as a result of a voltage spike applied to any of said input pins in the plurality of input pins (Pin1, ..., PinN) being transferred to the common node (42) via the respective electrical connection in the plurality of electrical connections electrically coupling said any of said input pins to the common node (42).