NOVEL Electrostatic Discharge Protection structure for a monolithic gas sensor Systems-on-a-Chip

Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 416-419

  Salcedo, J A ^a   Liou, J J ^a   Afridi, M Y ^b   Hefner, A R ^b  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION; EMBEDDED SENSORS; ESD PROTECTION; GAS SENSOR SYSTEMS; INPUT/OUTPUT; INTERNAL SENSORS; IV CHARACTERISTICS; LATCH-UP; LOW-LEAKAGE CURRENT; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MULTIFINGER; ON CHIPS; OPERATING VOLTAGE; PER UNIT; POWER SUPPLY; SYSTEM-ON-A-CHIP; TRANSMISSION LINE PULSING MEASUREMENTS;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; BANDPASS FILTERS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC SWITCHGEAR; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; THYRISTORS;

ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES;

EID: 50249170570     PISSN: 02714310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1464613     Document Type: Conference Paper

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