Abstract: A description is given of a circuit arrangement including at least one electronic component having first and second terminals, and comprising an ESD protection arrangement against disturbance pulses, is the ESD protection arrangement connected via connection terminals in parallel with the electronic component between the first and second terminals. The ESD protection arrangement includes a first ESD protection unit and a second ESD protection unit, that is connected in parallel with the first ESD protection unit and that reacts more rapidly than the first protection unit to a voltage rise at the connection terminals with the formation of a conductive current path between the connection terminals.