Self-ESD-protected transmission line broadband in CMOS28nm UTBB-FDSOI

Abstract

Advanced CMOS Technologies, and particularly Ultra-Thin Body and BOX Fully Depleted Silicon on Insulator (UTBB-FDSOI) technology provide good performances for analog high frequency and ultra-low power applications. We present in this paper self-ESD-protected transmission lines based on two different ESD strategies. Specific ESD protections based on bidirectional SCR (bi-SCR) are directly embedded on the transmission lines