EDN

ESD Protection device touts easy board layout

Camarillo, Calif. — Semtech Corp. said the uClamp0524P is the first 5-volt electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device with a flow through design for easy board layout. The four-line device, the ...
EDN

ESD protection design for discrete semiconductors

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is caused by the discharge of an excess or deficiency of electrons on one surface with respect to another surface or to ground. When a static charge is present on an ...
Semiconductor Engineering

ESD Signoff No Longer A “Nice to Have” In FinFET Design Era

As the semiconductor industry transitions to finFETs, reliability challenges are increasing. ESD designers are challenged with new issues that would require significant rethinking and redesign of ...
Semiconductor Engineering

ESD Co-Design For High-Speed SerDeS In FinFET Technologies

An electronic device is susceptible to Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) damage during its entire life cycle, including the phase from the completion of the silicon wafer processing to when the device ...
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 ...
Design-Reuse

Apache Introduces PathFinder, the Industry's First Full-chip ESD Physical Integrity Solution

San Jose, Calif. – May 10, 2010 – Apache Design Solutions, the technology leader in power integrity and noise closure for chip-package-systems (CPS) convergence, today announced PathFinder™, a ...