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Why Tunnel FETs?

This month’s Hot Topics in ESD column is Part II of a two-part column. Part I appears in the May 2019 issue.

Component Modeling for System-level ESD Simulation

Over the past 5 or 6 years, industry and university researchers have advanced the state of the art in system-level ESD simulation, and this article provided an overview of some of those activities.

Let’s Talk About Design for ESD Immunity

This brief article is intended for those who may be new to the field of compliance engineering and want a better understanding of process to design products that are immune to electrostatic discharge (ESD) events.

Electrostatic Discharge: How important is it?

The Role of ESD In ordinary circumstances, static electricity is little more than an...

Open Forum on System Level ESD

Will SEED (system efficient ESD design) truly get us away from the trial and error drudgery of system level ESD design?

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Impact of 3D IC Design on ESD Protection

What is 3D Integration and what is 3D IC? If we rewind three decades, back...

Absence of IC ESD Sensitivity Data Has Reached a Critical Stage

ESD sensitivity data is not readily available to the public from IC suppliers to determine if a company’s ESD control program can handle its components.

Gun Test of a USB3 Host Controller Board

System level tests on a USB3 controller with on-board protection were found to yield irreproducible failure levels. A root cause analysis was performed using a combination of gun tests, TLP tests, and SEED simulation. It was found that an inductive current distribution between protection and SoC may explain the actual failure levels. Solutions are presented for effective on-board protection of USB3 controller boards.