Electronic Design

Escalating ESD Protection Demands Inspire Innovative Architecture Strategies

Fig 1. Comparison of a traditional ESD protection design methodology and the PicoGuard XS architecture shows how the latter can provide matched inductance. Fig 2. In a traditional ESD device, the ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Design Optimal ESD Protection With Context-Aware SPICE Simulation

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is a major reliability concern for modern ICs. Ensuring the robustness of ICs in an ESD event by providing adequate ESD protection is proving to be a major challenge for ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Are You Paying Proper Attention To Your ESD Design Windows?

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) issues in integrated circuit (IC) chip designs have become more critical at advanced semiconductor process nodes, due to shrinking transistor dimensions and oxide layer ...
EDN

Automate ESD protection verification for complex ICs

Designing an integrated circuit (IC) for communication, computing, gaming, and other emerging applications is a multi-million dollar project, requiring rigorous design methodology and substantial ...