Patent ID: 8830767

Claim:
A circuit for protecting integrated circuitry comprising: an integrated circuit including a power supply node and a common node; a resistor coupled to the power supply node; a capacitor coupled to the common node and further coupled to the resistor to form a first node; a first inverter including a first inverter input coupled to the first node, a first inverter output coupled to a second node, and a clear input, wherein the first inverter is configured to output a logic low level upon assertion of the clear input; a second inverter including a second inverter input coupled to the second node, and a second inverter output coupled to the clear input of the first inverter; a first NFET including a gate coupled to the second node such that a logic state of the gate is the same as an instantaneous logic state of the first inverter output, a drain coupled to the power supply node, and a source coupled to the common node.