An analysis of bipolar breakdown and its application to the design of ESD protection circuits

An analysis of bipolar breakdown and its application to the design of ESD protection circuits

Analytical expressions for the breakdown voltage of an NPN with a resistively grounded base, both with and without the Zener diode trigger which is used in a common ESD protection circuit, are presented for the first time. The results are used to explain anomalous behavior in the I-V curve of the pr...

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Hauptverfasser: Joshi, S., Ida, R., Givelin, P., Rosenbaum, E.
Format: Tagungsbericht
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Application software
BiCMOS integrated circuits
Breakdown voltage
Circuit synthesis
Diodes
Electric breakdown
Electrostatic discharge
Protection
Resistors
Space charge
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Zusammenfassung:Analytical expressions for the breakdown voltage of an NPN with a resistively grounded base, both with and without the Zener diode trigger which is used in a common ESD protection circuit, are presented for the first time. The results are used to explain anomalous behavior in the I-V curve of the protection circuit, and to achieve a more efficient ESD protection circuit design.
DOI:10.1109/RELPHY.2001.922908