| This tutorial is designed to give a broad
overview of ESD device technology, the ways circuit designers protect
against ESD, and the failure analysis techniques that are likely to
be encountered in reports about ESD failures. This class is not intended
to turn you into an ESD protection designer or a failure analysis
engineer. It is meant to provide program managers with a background
on what designers and failure analysis engineers actually do, by imparting
a broad, but not in-depth, understanding of the above areas of the
ESD world. After completing this tutorial you should be able to understand
the basics of device protection design and some of the trade-offs
inherent in that process. You should also be familiar with some of
the most commonly used failure analysis techniques that can help identify
failing circuit components-in other words “what does a semiconductor
manufacturer do with the units I return for failure analysis?”
The topics covered include the three most common ESD models, characteristics
of ideal ESD protection, typical ESD protection schemes, key characteristics
of ESD protection, failure analysis flow, and failure analysis tools
and their uses. |
