Electronic Design

Simple Yet Effective ESD Testing Methods for Higher Reliability

We’ve all experienced the effect of electrostatic discharge at some point in our lives, the most common case being a tingling sensation one feels after touching a door knob or any metal surface. When ...
Reading Eagle

Remcom Introduces Transient EM/Circuit Co-Simulation for TVS Diode ESD Protection Analysis

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Remcom announces an update to XFdtd(R) 3D EM Simulation Software, with transient EM/circuit co-simulation for electrostatic discharge (ESD) testing and ...
EDN

Reliability of IEC 61000-4-2 ESD testing on components

Testing for immunity to electrostatic discharge (ESD), from cell phones to computers, is usually done with the IEC 61000-4-2 standard. 1 But IEC61000-4-2 is purely a systems-level test spec, not a ...
Semiconductor Engineering

ESD Guns, Transients And Testing…Oh My!

With the pervasiveness of power management techniques like clock gating and power gating, transient power is on the rise, accompanied by the requirement to closely examine a system for such phenomenon ...
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 ...
Design-Reuse

Testable SoCs : Every new design is an ESD test chip

The effect of low ESD immunity on a new product introduction can be both obvious and subtle. Manufacturing and test facilities adhere to ANSI standards for ESD protection and handling of chips based ...
Electronic Design

Is System-Level ESD Testing Valid for ICs?

Electronic system designs often include transient protection to ensure system robustness for electrostatic discharge (ESD) events. Adding external ESD protection without compromising system I/O speed, ...