Patent ID: 11916062
Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. The microelectronic device of claim 6, wherein the ESD detector includes a input high-pass filter and an voltage discriminator, the input high-pass filter being coupled to the voltage discriminator, the input high-pass filter being configured to apply a sufficient potential to the voltage discriminator to activate the voltage discriminator when the first overvoltage transient occurs on the protected line, the voltage discriminator having a first output line coupled to the output node of the output driver and a second output line coupled to the gate of the output FET of the output driver, the voltage discriminator being configured to provide a potential to the output node of the output driver that is close to a potential of the reference line when the first overvoltage transient occurs on the protected line.