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Historical Background  CDM is an important model for ESD qualification. The well-known CDM refers to...

If you have to purchase an ESD Simulator, you might as well get as much mileage out of it as you can, right?

As innovation comes from many sources, it is difficult to predict or accurately forecast future display technology development. Curved and flexible displays were introduced as the most innovative display technology achievement along with OLEDs in the last 10 years.

Human Body Model (HBM) is the original ESD test method for semiconductor devices and...

The electronic industry has embraced simulation to address several complex design challenges, but reliability is still mostly dealt with best design practices and tested with prototypes. In this article, we present how modeling and simulation approaches can help designers perform virtual prototyping and uncover reliability issues especially EOS/ESD before going for physical prototypes.

How is the proper ESD Protection Cell chosen for a particular design application?

The purpose of AMR is to warn “customers” who use the semiconductor product that there are physical limits that must not be violated if reliability is to be preserved.

This article reviews some of the ESD protection design challenges when designing in a FinFET technology and give an outlook on the successors of FinFET.

CDM discharges exhibit a fast initial current step when the stray capacitance of the pogo pin is charged. It is demonstrated that the high slew rate can damage sensitive gate oxides. The miscorrelation of CDM and CC-TLP methodologies is addressed by applying pulses with 20 ps rise time.

Cable discharge events occur more frequently than we think, but they often go unrecognized or undiagnosed for root causes, resulting in unnecessary device failures. This article discusses the origins of three types of cable discharge events.