Patent ID: 9099306
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. An integrated circuit (IC) device comprising at least one electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection network for a high voltage application, the at least one ESD protection network comprising: a common diode structure operably coupled between at least one external contact of the IC device for which ESD protection is to be provided and a substrate of the IC device such that the common diode structure is forward biased towards the at least one external contact; at least one Darlington transistor structure operably coupled between the at least one external contact of the IC device for which ESD protection is to be provided and the substrate of the IC device, the at least one Darlington transistor structure comprising: at least one isolation diode structure operably coupled between the emitter node and the base node of the at least one Darlington transistor structure such that the at least one isolation diode structure is forward biased towards the base node.