ESD events are notoriously difficult to simulate; test chips burn time and money, and do not address power bussing issues; design rules are meant to be broken; and innovation often occurs at the ...

Just placing an 8-kV rated ESD protection device on the data lines or I/O pins being protected does not guarantee the chip set itself will pass an 8 kV in-system test. Board layout and device ...

can be observed on ESD induced units by curve tracing, bench or automated test equipment (ATE) tests. Other failure modes may have high shutdown current (IDDS), supply current (IDD), and open pins ...

All designers know they need to protect ICs from electrostatic discharge (ESD). So it may be useful to know that protection device suppliers Bourns and Littelfuse have a number of design kits to help ...

However, [Daniel Bogdanoff] figured they could stand to be a little more fashionable, and set to work on a fancier design ... watch also passed a basic ESD test successfully.

ESD events are notoriously difficult to simulate; test chips burn time and money, and do not address power bussing issues; design rules are meant to be broken; and innovation often occurs at the ...