Patents by Inventor Yuan-Tsung Lin

Yuan-Tsung Lin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Electrostatic discharge protection circuit
    Patent number: 8879220
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit including an ESD detection circuit and a plurality of power clamp circuits. The ESD detection circuit is electrically connected to a first high power line, a second high power line and at least one low power line, and is used to detect an ESD event occurring in the first high power line and another ESD event occurring in the second high power line. The ESD detection circuit includes a first trigger unit and a second trigger unit, electrically connected to the first high power line and the second high power line respectively. Each power clamp circuit has a trigger node, and the trigger nodes are electrically connected to the first trigger unit and the second trigger unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yuan-Tsung Lin, Te-Chang Wu
  • ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20120268848
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit including an ESD detection circuit and a plurality of power clamp circuits. The ESD detection circuit is electrically connected to a first high power line, a second high power line and at least one low power line, and is used to detect an ESD event occurring in the first high power line and another ESD event occurring in the second high power line. The ESD detection circuit includes a first trigger unit and a second trigger unit, electrically connected to the first high power line and the second high power line respectively. Each power clamp circuit has a trigger node, and the trigger nodes are electrically connected to the first trigger unit and the second trigger unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Yuan-Tsung Lin, Te-Chang Wu