Patent ID: 8171435

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for designing an integrated circuit structure, said method comprising: receiving, by a computer, design parameters for an electrostatic discharge circuit and a specified application frequency, wherein said electrostatic discharge circuit comprises an electrostatic discharge device electrically connected in parallel to an inductor; generating, by said computer, a first design for said electrostatic discharge device based on said design parameters; determining, by said computer and based on said first design, a capacitance value for said electrostatic discharge device; determining, by said computer and based on said capacitance value and said application frequency, an inductance value for said inductor to ensure that a subsequently designed inductor-capacitor (LC) circuit will have a resonant frequency at said application frequency; and generating, by said computer, a second design comprising said inductor with said inductance value aligned over and electrically connected to said electrostatic discharge device of said first design to form said inductor-capacitor circuit.