Compact ESD Protection Cell for Multi-Band Millimeter-Wave Applications

Chun Yu Lin; Yi Quan Fu; Jih Yan Wang

doi:10.1109/LMWC.2019.2957204

Compact ESD Protection Cell for Multi-Band Millimeter-Wave Applications

Chun Yu Lin^*, Yi Quan Fu, Jih Yan Wang

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Department of Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

A compact electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection cell is proposed for multi-band millimeter-wave (MMW) circuits in nanoscale CMOS technology. The proposed ESD protection cell consists of a silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) and a diode as the main ESD protection devices, and an inductor in this cell is divided into several sections to resonate at multifrequencies. The proposed design has been demonstrated for 28- and 67-GHz applications. The measurement results show that the proposed design exhibits lower loss at the specified frequency bands, higher ESD robustness, and sufficiently small layout area. Therefore, the novel compact ESD protection cell will be better for multi-band MMW applications in CMOS technology.

Original language	English
Article number	8947990
Pages (from-to)	58-61
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
Volume	30
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWC.2019.2957204
Publication status	Published - 2020 Jan

Keywords

Electrostatic discharge (ESD)
multi-band
silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR)

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Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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