Semiconductor Engineering

ESD Requirements Are Changing

Standards for specifying a chip’s ability to withstand electrostatic discharge (ESD) are changing – in some cases, getting tougher, and in others, easing up. ESD protection has been on a path from a ...
EDN

Understanding and comparing the differences in ESD testing

ESD (electrostatic discharge)—the sudden andmomentary electric current that flows betweentwo objects at different electrical potentials—causes equipment failure and network downtime,thus causing ...
EDN

ESD firm adds system-level protection offering

LONDON — Sofics BVBA (Gistel, Europe), a company formed by a management buy-out of Sarnoff Europe, is introducing a line of design solutions for high-voltage ICs that provide on-chip protection ...
Electronic Design

System Analysis Kit Conducts ESD Audits

Equipped with instrumentation for making measurements and conducting ESD audits according to ANSI/ESD S20.20 Static Control Program Standard, the PSK-310 ESD System Analysis Kit includes a variety of ...
Semiconductor Engineering

A Comprehensive Approach To System-Level ESD

The performance and reliability of an electronics system largely depend on the system’s immunity from an electrostatic discharge (ESD) event. Because the components, custom chips and package come from ...