Dr. Ir. Dolphin Abessolo-Bidzo is currently working as RF ESD and Latch-Up Expert for advanced RFCMOS, BiCMOS and CMOS technologies within NXP Semiconductors. Dolphin has published papers in IEEE scientific journals, symposia and conferences on ESD, RF and time domain analysis and holds several patents in the field of ESD protection. He is member of the ESDA Workgroup-18 on Electronic Design Automation.
The methodology of the state of the art of HBM and CDM layout simulations tools is described. Two real-life case studies are presented briefly and the outlook towards future developments is discussed.