Abstract: This paper reviews key factors to practical ESD protection design for RF and analog/mixed-signal (AMS) ICs, including general challenges emerging, ESD-RFIC interactions, RF ESD design ...

These devices provide optimised protection for AC-coupled radio-frequency (RF) transmission lines against electrostatic discharge (ESD) events, surge currents and short circuit conditions. These ...

The electronic content in modern cars has increased tremendously thanks to the demand for in-car entertainment (“infotainment”) systems and features, such as docking for smartphones, USB ports, and ...

ESD: Design and Synthesis is a continuation of the author's series of books on ESD protection. It is an essential reference for: ESD, circuit, and semiconductor engineers; design synthesis team ...

Radio frequency (RF) electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection design emerges as a new challenge to RF integrated circuits (IC) design, where the main problem is associated with the complex ...

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 ...

As semiconductor manufacturers introduce new wireline transmission devices built on smaller CMOS geometries, more circuit protection challenges are emerging. This article explores five frequently ...

Nexperia has introduced a new series of five high-performance protection 1 V diodes that provide optimized protection for AC-coupled radio-frequency (RF) transmission lines against electrostatic ...

The RF library include analog signal pads and ESD protection components for RF applications. This library is offered as a supplement to the IO librar ...

There are a number of solutions for connecting your do-it-yourself project to a computer. Serial ports are easy to use, even if you have to do so via a universal serial bus (USB). The advantage of ...