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Industry Council’s Latch‑up Survey
In July 2020, the Industry Council on ESD Target levels, in collaboration with the JEDEC JESD78 working group, launched a survey on latch-up testing. As described in an earlier article…
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Challenges of Designing System-Level ESD Protection at the IC-Level
Misconceptions Regarding Current Flow to the ICThere is often confusion about the interaction between IC-level component ESD protection and the appropriately required system-level ESD protection strategy. System-level ESD requirements (like…
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Latch-up Electronic Design Automation Checks
This article introduces typical latch-up verification techniques to detect and prevent latch-up. These techniques rely on electronic design automation (EDA) tools to deliver the coverage necessary to identify and eliminate…
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ESD in Joe’s Garage
When handling ESD-sensitive components, we must protect them from ESD damage. ANSI/ESD S20.20 tells us its purpose is “to provide administrative and technical requirements for establishing, implementing and maintaining an…
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Low Voltage Charged Device Model (CDM) Testing at a Crossroads
IntroductionCharged Device Model (CDM) testing is at a crossroads. For the last decade, the Industry Council on ESD Target Levels has recommended that CDM levels of 250 V, as measured…
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Characterization for ESD Design, the TLP Zoo: Part 2
IntroductionThis is the second of a two-part series on transmission line pulse (TLP) testing. The first article in the series [1] discussed the motivation for performing TLP testing, introduced the…
