Patent ID: 9007732
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: B82Y,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit for protecting a protected circuit from an electrostatic discharge induced voltage, said electrostatic discharge protection circuit comprising: a CNTFET (carbon nanotube field effect transistor) diode having at least two terminals, wherein said CNTFET diode is electrically connected to said protected circuit by a first node and said CNTFET diode is electrically connected to a second node; wherein said CNTFET diode creates a conducting path in response to said electrostatic discharge induced voltage exceeding a desired voltage, thereby limiting said electrostatic discharge induced voltage and protecting said protected circuit from said electrostatic discharge induced voltage; and wherein said CNTFET diode terminates said conducting path in response to a decrease in said electrostatic discharge induced voltage.