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Automated Latch-Up Verification in 2.5D/3D ICs

In today’s tightly packed layouts, most integrated circuits (ICs) end up with parasitic bipolar transistors (pnp and npn) somewhere.

Advances in CMOS Technologies Leading to Lower CDM Target Levels

Can you continue aiming for typical CDM protection levels? Introduction The ESD Design Window (ESD-DW) has...

Evolution of Charged Device Model ESD Target Requirements

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

Two Pin HBM Testing: A New Option?

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

FinFETs and Their Impact on ESD Protection Design

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.
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Even Optical Communication Needs ESD Protection

Optical communication can dramatically increase the bandwidth between servers while reducing complexity, power consumption, and cost.

Newly Released ESD Standards

In the past six months, EOS/ESD Association, Inc. released eight new or revised documents on electrical overstress (EOS), grounding, packaging materials, seating (chairs), footwear, hand tools, gloves, and human metal model.

ESD Protection for Mobile RF Front-end Modules

With the advent of wide-spread wireless electronics, the need for high-performance RF components to be built into highly reliable and robust products continues to expand.

Static Control Flooring – Conductive or Dissipative?

Let’s look at how a static control flooring system is intended to function. The flooring systems’ purpose is to provide an electrical path, typically to ground, for personnel when used in conjunction with static control footwear, for removal (equalization) of electrostatic charge.

2019 ESD Symposium Year-In-Review: ESD and EMC Commonalities

A featured Year-In-Review (YIR) presentation was given at the recent 2019 EOS/ESD Symposium by Alan...
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