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- Patent Title: Semiconductor integrated circuit including internal circuits and electrostatic discharge protection circuits
- Patent Title (中): 半导体集成电路包括内部电路和静电放电保护电路
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Application No.: US13162373Application Date: 2011-06-16
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Publication No.: US08416544B2Publication Date: 2013-04-09
- Inventor: Hirofumi Hayashi
- Applicant: Hirofumi Hayashi
- Applicant Address: JP Kawasaki-shi
- Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kawasaki-shi
- Agency: Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
- Priority: JP2010-137346 20100616
- Main IPC: H02H3/22
- IPC: H02H3/22

Abstract:
The disclosed invention reduces an increase in the number of electrostatic discharge protection circuits or the number of electrostatic discharge protection elements due to increases in the number of separations of power voltages and the number of separations of ground voltages. A semiconductor integrated circuit includes first, second, and third operation voltage supply terminals; first, second, and third internal circuits; first, second, and third electrostatic discharge protection circuits; and a coupling midpoint. The first, second, and third internal circuits operate at first, second, and third operation voltages supplied to the first, second, and third operation voltage supply terminals, respectively. The first, second, and third electrostatic discharge protection circuits are coupled between the first, second, and third operation voltage supply terminals and the coupling midpoint, respectively. That is, instead of the past Δ (delta) coupling, the first, second, and third electrostatic discharge protection circuits are Y (star)-coupled with respect to the coupling midpoint.
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