Patent ID: 7279726
Filing Date: 2007-10-09
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. ESD protection device for protecting a circuit against electrostatic discharges, the ESD protection device comprising: a series circuit of N diodes, each diode comprising an anode and a cathode, said series circuit to be connected between a first supply potential and a second supply potential; the anode of a first diode of the series circuit to be connected to the first supply potential and the cathode of an Nth diode of the series circuit to be connected to the second supply potential; and wherein the diodes are so arranged that a spatial distance between the anode of the first diode of the series circuit and the cathode of the Nth diode of the series circuit is less than a maximum distance between the anode or cathode of a first spatially outer diode of the series circuit and the anode or cathode of a second spatially outer diode of the series circuit.