Patent ID: 6936896

Claim:
An integrated data processing device comprising: a first circuit coupled to a first voltage reference node; a second circuit coupled to a second voltage reference node; an electrostatic discharge protection device operable to provide a current path between the first voltage reference node and the second voltage reference node during an electrostatic event, the electrostatic discharge protection device comprising a first conductivity type junction formed between a first region of a first conductivity type and a second region of a second conductivity type; a second conductivity type junction formed between the second region and a third region of the first conductivity type; a third conductivity type junction formed between the third region and a fourth region of the second conductivity type, the fourth region coupled to the second voltage reference node; and an anode node coupled to the first voltage reference node and connected to one or more regions of the electrostatic discharge protection device including the first region, wherein all regions of the discharge protection device connected to the anode node are of a common conductivity type; and a low voltage trigger control portion coupled to the second region and the third region to provide a electrostatic discharge protection device triggering current at a voltage of less than 10 volts.