Patent ID: 8570698
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: H01L,H02H

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a charge in a first circuit, the first circuit comprising first operational circuitry and first protection circuitry, the first operational circuitry comprising a first fin field effect transistor (FinFET), the first protection circuitry comprising a first planar transistor; passing a first current through the first planar transistor, the first current resulting from the charge that was received in the first circuit; passing the first current through a transmit bus, the transmit bus being electrically coupled to a second circuit, the second circuit comprising second operational circuitry and second protection circuitry, the second protection circuitry comprising a second planar transistor; passing the first current through the second planar transistor; and discharging the first current through a contact electrically coupled to the second circuitry.