ESD protection circuits exhibit resistance behavior similar to any analog circuit layout. Typical measurement starts from the IO pad and moves to power or ground through the ESD protection devices.

Analog layout checks focus on improving reliability for designs with extreme reliability needs, such as automotive or memory designs [16]. For these layouts, ... an analog design team may only need to ...

Obviously, electrostatic discharge (ESD) is one of many critical considerations in almost every design project. Equally obvious is the fact that there is no shortage of solutions to keep ESD at ...

integration of cores, power bussing, and signal pins in DRAM, SRAM, CMOS image processing chips, microprocessors, analog products, RF components and how the integration influences ESD design and ...

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 ...

First eight customers integrate Sofics ESD protection in their high-speed SerDes. Belgium, October 28, 2019 – Sofics bvba (www.sofics.com), a leading semiconductor integrated circuit IP provider ...

austriamicrosystems is a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs, combining more than 25 years of analog design capabilities and system know-how with its own state-of-the-art ...

Santa Clara, Calif. — National Semiconductor Corp. today introduced a multi-gigabit analog equalizer that extends the reach of high-speed switch, router, storage area network (SAN) and server ...