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CMOS Latch-up protection circuit
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In this paper, a protection circuit for bulk-silicon CMOS circuits detects the latch-up of parasitic SCR devices, current starves the CMOS circuit in response to detecting a SCR latch up condition and reenables normal circuit operation once the latchup condition has been terminated.Abstract:
A protection circuit for bulk-silicon CMOS circuits detects the latch-up of parasitic SCR devices, current starves the CMOS circuit in response to detecting a SCR latch-up condition and reenables normal circuit operation once the latch-up condition has been terminated.read more
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