Chip-level ESD protection verification must consider circuit connectivity in conjunction with correlated layout geometric and electrical data. The dynamic simulation methods traditionally used to ...

Board layout and device location are crucial for effective protection from ... The overall circuit forms a resistive current divider between the ESD protector and the IC. Resistors added in ...

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) issues in integrated circuit (IC) chip designs have become ... resistance checks to ensure the resistances from chip-level bumps to ESD protection devices are below ...

Over-designing ESD protection also degrades performance and has ... leverages the reliability verification tool’s knowledge of specific circuit topologies along with the layout geometries to retain ...

It’s able to provide matched impedance independent of the number of PCB layers involved, the dielectric thickness, and other layout-specific variables. Looking at a standard ESD protection ...

"ESD protection and core circuit co-design are increasingly important in advanced ICs, but conventional diode models do not account for ESD event regimes, during which the device operates under ...

From a design aspect, high-speed video ... closer to the point at which the ESD pulse enters the PCB. The intention is to provide ESD protection based on the system’s needs, rather than one ...

[Kevin Darrah] is risking the nerves on his index finger to learn about ESD protection ... So what happens to a circuit when you shock it? Does it instantly die in a dramatic movie fashion ...