Circuit for protecting a transistor during the manufacture of an integrated circuit device

US7956385B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• XILINX, INC. · US

Inventors

• Yuhao Luo · San Jose, US
• Shuxian Wu · San Jose, US
• Xin Wu · Fremont, US
• Jae-Gyung Ahn · Sosu-myeon, KR
• Deepak Nayak · Kanchinakote, IN
• Daniel Gitlin · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 30, 2010
• Grant date: Jun 7, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 30, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10D89/601

Abstract

A circuit for protecting a transistor during the manufacture of an integrated circuit device is disclosed. The circuit comprises a transistor having a gate formed over an active region formed in a die of the integrated circuit device; a protection element formed in the die of the integrated circuit device; and a programmable interconnect coupled between the gate of the transistor and the protection element, the programmable interconnect enabling the protection element to be decoupled from the transistor.