What is latchup? Explain the methods used to prevent it?

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What is latchup? Explain the methods used to prevent it?..

Answer / puli

latch up is the condition in which parasitic elements
establish a low impedance path between vdd and vss resulting
undesirable effects.



use guard rings or use well,substrate taps to prevent the
latch up

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What is latchup? Explain the methods used to prevent it?..

Answer / pawan hegde

1.GUARD RING , 2.Appropriate TAPS, 3.MAINTAIN WELL
PROXIMITY , 4 .Use Triple Well process , 5.Dual well
process 6 ???

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