Analysis of Inertial Sensor Frontend Inherent ESD Immunity

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Precision readout electronics are essential for detecting the displacement of micromachined inertial sensors. In this paper, we present the effect of ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection circuit on the sensitivity of the sense front-end. In addition, the possibility of removing the primary ESD protection circuit and rely on the inherent protection of CMOS transmission gate (TG) switches is investigated.