How does someone clamp down on this evil? [Kevin] shows us how two diodes and a resistor can be used to shunt the high voltage from the electrostatic discharge away from the sensitive components.

Understanding the various ESD diode architectures that are inside of front end amplifiers, along with understanding the thermal and electromigration implications of a given protection circuit, can ...

New generations of portable products are increasingly sensitive to damage from Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) voltage as newer integrated circuit (IC) technologies employ smaller geometries and lower ...

In an ESD protection circuit, clamps are the devices used to provide the discharge path for an ESD event that happens between any pad and port. Clamps include not only power clamps, but also all the ...

ESD protection devices are used to clamp overvoltage and dissipate strong transient power surges. The burgeoning demand for ESD protection devices across various industries is projected to witness ...

Context-aware SPICE simulation leverages the reliability verification tool’s knowledge of specific circuit topologies along with the layout geometries to retain only the portion of the design that is ...

It delivers innovative technologies in modeling, extraction, and simulation for ESD verification, targeting early prototyping, circuit optimization and full-chip signoff.

During an ESD event, the TVS becomes a low-impedance path, protecting the circuit by diverting harmful current to ground.

Semtech provides reliable system-level Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) circuit protection solutions that meet the industry's toughest requirements.

MicroClamp devices are placed in between the protected circuit and the sources of potential ESD, including such interfaces as keyboards, LED drivers, battery chargers, power or headphone connectors.

Interface ESD protection in the most advanced FinFET technology is challenging: ESD sensitivity is very high while conventional ESD solutions are not effective anymore. Sofics’ proprietary clamps are ...

Sofics bvba, a leading semiconductor integrated circuit IP provider announced that its TakeCharge® Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) portfolio is silicon proven on TSMC’s advanced 16nm, 12nm and 7nm ...