Protection against electrostatic discharge (ESD) events is an extremely important aspect of integrated circuit (IC) design and verification, particularly for 2.5/3D designs targeted for automotive ...

Designers must know the precise design margins provided by the ESD protection circuits, which is often prohibitive using traditional ESD verification approaches. Newer design tools can help designers ...

To effectively protect the millimeter-wave (MMW) circuits in nanoscale CMOS technology from electrostatic discharge (ESD) damages, a dual-band ESD protection cell for 24-/60-GHz ESD protection is ...

1970s TTL and NMOS were not so vulnerable to ESD, too. It was early CMOS and DRAM which were vulnerable to ESD. Modern CMOS has protective-circuits built-in to compensate for this design flaw.

These small, protective devices include ESD protection devices like transient voltage suppressor (TVS) diodes and arrays, surge protectors, fuses and circuit breakers. Over the past year, ...

"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 ...

Various diode placements can be simulated to determine a successful circuit layout and strengthen the ESD protection of the final device. Transient EM/circuit co-simulation overcomes the limitations ...

The Ethernet transceiver also needs ESD protection. Diode arrays and polymer ESD suppressors can provide the necessary protection for the high-speed differential data lines. These diode arrays can ...