Semiconductor Engineering

Ensuring ESD Protection Verification With Industry-Standard Checks

Electronic design automation (EDA) verification of electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection is a complex task. Different integrated circuit (IC) design companies use different ESD protection ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Can We Efficiently Automate 2.5/3D IC ESD Protection Verification?

Protection against ESD events (commonly referred to as ESD robustness) is an extremely important aspect of integrated circuit (IC) design and verification, including 2.5/3D designs. ESD events cause ...
Electronic Design

ESD Suppressor Protects Sensitive Electronics from Damaging Discharges Up to 30kV

Littelfuse, Inc. has introduced the XGD Series XTREME-GUARD™ ESD Suppressor, available in 0402- and 0603-sized, flat-topped surface mount packages. Based on breakthrough ESD technology, it protects ...
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 ...
EDN

HDMI ESD protection compliance and design strategies

Signal integrity and performance is critical for maintaining the quality of HDMI's GHz signals, as well as achieving compliance to the HDMI standard. Manufacturing requirements for ESD protection, ...
EDN

Adding ESD protection to USB applications

A very cost-effective solution for ESD protection in USB 2.0/3.0 applications is to combine an internal ESD protection structure (integrated in the USB transceiver) with a robust, high-current ...