EOS/ESD Association, Inc. Tutorials

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An effective and cost efficient protection of electronic system against ESD stress pulses specified by IEC 61000-4-2 is paramount for any system design. The tutorial is a hands-on training course for performing a simulation based optimization of PCB ESD protection design and provides deep understanding of the relevant performance criteria both of TVS diodes and IO circuit. This tutorial presents the collective knowledge of system designers and system testing experts and state-of-the-art techniques for achieving efficient system-level ESD protection, with minimum impact on the system performance. All categories of system failures ranging from ‘hard’ to ‘soft’ types are considered to review simulation and tool applications that can be used.