Ultra-Low-Leakage Power-Rail ESD Clamp Circuit in a 65-nm CMOS Technology

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Altolaguirre, Federico A. [1 ]
Ker, Ming-Dou [1 ]
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[1] Natl Chiao Tung Univ, Inst Elect, Hsinchu 30039, Taiwan
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The gate tunneling current impacts seriously on the power-rail ESD clamp circuit, causing a large leakage current through the MOS capacitor used in ESD detection. In this work, a novel technique is implemented to eliminate the gate leakage current through the MOS capacitor by using a couple of transistors to control the voltage drop across the RC delay in the ESD detection circuit. This circuit has been verified in a 65-nm CMOS technology, with a total leakage current of 165nA under 1V bias, at 25 degrees C, and a ESD robustness of 3kV HBM and 200V MM.
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