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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 ...
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 ...
Design-Reuse

Faraday Delivers System-Level ESD Protection Service to Reduce ASIC Time-to-Market

Hsinchu, Taiwan -- Mar. 17, 2020 -- Faraday Technology Corporation (TWSE: 3035), a leading ASIC design service and IP provider, today introduced its system-level ESD (electrostatic discharge) ...
EDN

System level transient voltage protection–Five in-depth answers to ESD questions

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