Sofics has verified its TakeCharge ESD protection clamps on technology nodes between 0.25um CMOS down to 5nm across various fabs and foundries. The ESD clamps are silicon and product proven in more than 4500 mass produced IC-products. The cells provide competitive advantage through improved yield, reduced silicon footprint and enable advanced multimedia and wireless interfaces like HDMI, USB 3.0, SATA, WIFI, GPS and Bluetooth. The ESD clamp described in this document protects 1.2V core domains in TSMC 65nm CMOS technology.

1. Data sheet 1.2V Power clamp
TSMC 65nm
Sofics has verified its TakeCharge ESD protection clamps on technology
nodes between 0.25um CMOS down to 5nm across various fabs and
foundries. The ESD clamps are siliconand product proven in more than 4500
mass produced IC-products. The cells provide competitive advantage
through improved yield, reduced silicon footprint and enable advanced
multimedia and wireless interfaces like HDMI, USB 3.0, SATA, WIFI, GPS and
Bluetooth.
The ESD clamp described in this document protects 1.2V core domains in
TSMC 65nm CMOS technology.

2. Data sheet: TSMC 65nm 1.2V Power clamp DS-TS65-PC1V2
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TSMC 65nm 1.2V Power clamp
Clamp type and usage
The Sofics ESD cells cover all types of protection conceptsand approaches as detailed in the figure below. The ESD
clamp cell described in this document is a type Power clamp.
TSMC 65nm 1.2V Comments
Core Protection YES
Input Protection
Output Protection
I/O Protection
Over Voltage Tolerant I/O (OVT)
Under Voltage Tolerant I/O (UVT)
Inter Domain Protection
Stress cases covered
PAD to VSS VSS to PAD
VDD to PAD PAD to VDD
VDD to VSS Power clamp VSS to VDD Reverse diode
Connections in the cell
 Vdd, Vss
Features
 Customized efficient 1.2V ESD core protection
o ± 2 kV Human Body Model (HBM)
o ± 200 V Machine Model (MM)
o Latch-Up safe
 Low Clamping Voltage
 Small Area Dimensions
o Pitch = 50 µm
o Metals used: M1-M4 (M3-M4 bus)

3. Data sheet: TSMC 65nm 1.2V Power clamp DS-TS65-PC1V2
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Maximum ratings
Rating Symbol Value Unit
Min Max
Supply Voltage Range (DC) VDD -0.3 1.32 V
Input/Output Voltage Range (DC) VIO -0.3 1.32 V
Operating Temperature Top -25 125 °C
Burn-in Voltage (DC @ 125°C) 1.8 V
Stresses exceeding these maximumratings maydamage the device. Functional operationabove the recommended operating
conditions is not implied. Extended exposure to stresses above the recommended operating conditions may affect device
reliability.
The provided golden cell is designed for these maximum ratings/specifications. If the desired specification level differs, the
goldencellhas to be scaled upor downbyusing the Sofics implementation/scaling guidelines to remaina robust and effective
ESD protection for the different specifications.
Electrical Characteristics
Tamb = 25°C unless stated otherwise
Parameter Symbol Min. Typ. Max. Unit
Trigger Voltage Vt1 - 3.1 - V
Holding Voltage Vh - 2.4 - V
Breakdown Current It2 - 2.7 - A
Breakdown Voltage Vt2 - 5.3 - V
Maximum Current Imax - 2.1 - A
Maximum Voltage Vmax - 4.74 - V
On-Resistance Ron - 1 - Ohm
Leakage current @ Tamb = 25 °C
@ VDD+10%
Ileak - 95.27 - pA
Leakage current @ Tamb = 125 °C
@ VDD+10%
Ileak - 11 - nA
HBM – Human Body Model
(applicablefor standalonegolden cell)
-2 - +2 kV
MM – Machine Model
(applicablefor standalonegolden cell)
-200 - +200 V

4. Data sheet: TSMC 65nm 1.2V Power clamp DS-TS65-PC1V2
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Process, Area and integration
 Process: TSMC 65 nm – LP
 Used Metals: 3 metals
 Special needed Layer: N/A
 Cell Area: 5997µm² (50.29 µm x 119.235 µm)
 Clamp Area: 1906µm² (50.04 µm x 38.1 µm)
Customization possible
 Different metallization scheme
 Different ESD robustness level
 Different aspect ratio
 Different behaviour (Vt1, Vh, …)
 Tolerated voltage

5. Data sheet: TSMC 65nm 1.2V Power clamp DS-TS65-PC1V2
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About Sofics
Sofics is a foundry independent semiconductor IP provider that has supported 100+ companies worldwide
with customized/specialty Analog IOs and on-chip ESD protection. Fabless companies using Sofics IP can
enable higher performance, higher robustness and reduce design time and cost. Our technology has been
characterized on 10 foundries including advanced nodes at TSMC, UMC, GF.
Sofics IP is used for design projects at 4 of the top-5 semiconductor companies, 6 out of the top-10. The
technology has been siliconproven on more than 50 different processes and integrated into more than 4500
IC designs since 2000.
Sofics is a TSMC 9000™ quality approved ESD solutions provider for TSMC processes
Contact us
Sofics BV
BTW BE 0472.687.037 RPR Gent afdeling Oostende
Engineering office
Sint-Godelievestraat 32
9880 Aalter, Belgium
Website: www.sofics.com
Connect through email: info@mail.sofics.com
Notes
As is the case with many published ESD design solutions, the techniques and protection solutions described
in this data sheet are protected by patents and patents pending and cannot be copied freely. PowerQubic,
TakeCharge, and Sofics are trademarks of Sofics BV.