cell-based ESD network. However, one thing that makes this verification challenging is that reliability requirements like ESD protection typically can only be described by a topological view that ...

Instead, a rules-based (static) approach can be implemented using specialized EDA tools to perform full-chip context-aware ESD verification that checks not only for the existence of ESD protection ...

Fig. 1: ESDA protected circuit checks. Checks are named based on the rule numbers assigned by the ESDA. Cell-level ESD checks focus on verifying the intended ESD protection path within a standalone ...

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a high-performance semiconductor, Internet of Things (IoT ... this need by providing robust ESD protection while maintaining signal integrity ...

Transient current suppressor (TCS) technology is designed to be used in conjunction with an overvoltage protector (such as a TVS diode) and the ESD protection circuit of a typical ... TCS technology ...

[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 ...

Just depending on I/O design is not sufficient for ESD protection design, especially in the interface of different power domain circuits. The designers become ... plan review cases by SMIC exceeded 95 ...

A newer alternative, polymer-based ESD protection devices ... probably as a short circuit." In contrast, the PicoGuard can withstand more than 1000 attacks and will not exhibit a change in ...

based in Gistel, Belgium. “We've found a way to shrink an area of the IC chip, the I/O input/output and ESD electrostatic discharge protection area, that's been stuck at the same size for years,” ...