US 12,154,633 B2
Input/output pad suitable for memory and method of controlling same
Sang Mok Lee, Incheon (KR); Joon Tae Jang, Seoul (KR); Seung Hoo Kim, Seoul (KR); and Ji Eon Kim, Bucheon-si (KR)
Assigned to DB HiTek, Co., Ltd., Bucheon-si (KR)
Filed by DB HiTek Co., Ltd., Bucheon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/046,995.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0141733 (KR), filed on Oct. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0127577 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G11C 16/22 (2006.01)
CPC G11C 16/225 (2013.01) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An input/output circuit, comprising:
an ESD detection unit comprising a first switch configured to provide a first voltage or a second voltage according to a programming voltage or an ESD pulse on a pad terminal;
a control logic unit comprising a plurality of second switches configured to transmit the first voltage or the second voltage;
a switch unit comprising a third switch configured to be turned on by the first voltage from the control logic unit, a first resistor connected between the pad terminal and the third switch, a fourth switch connected to the third switch and turned on by the second voltage, and a second resistor connected between the third switch and the fourth switch; and
a memory connected to the third switch,
wherein the programming voltage is applied to the memory when the third switch is on, and
the programming voltage is blocked from the memory when the third switch is off.