EDN

Scan for ESD-induced errors

An electrostatic discharge (ESD) from a person touching an electronic device or system can produce thousands of volts and several amperes, which can easily damage or destroy an integrated circuit (IC) ...
Semiconductor Engineering

A Shock To The System

Electrostatic discharge used to be something confined to the I/O level, and often not even as part of the core design. But at 45nm and beyond, ESD is capable of wreaking havoc across a chip, blowing ...
EDN

White paper addresses ESD

The ESD Association has published a white paper covering electrostatic discharge (ESD) phenomena, an overview of ESD effects on electronic chips and systems, and a summary of the challenges involving ...
Electronic Design

Filters Guard Handsets From EMI And ESD Effects

Demand is surging for advanced multimedia capabilities in wireless handsets, and that means new design challenges on the electromagnetic-interference (EMI) front. Clamshell phones pose a particularly ...
Business Wire

Apache Introduces PathFinder, the Industry’s First Full-chip ESD Physical Integrity Solution

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apache Design Solutions, the technology leader in power integrity and noise closure for chip-package-systems (CPS) convergence, today announced PathFinder™, a ...
Electronic Design

Dual Filter Scrubs ESD/EMI Audio Effects

With ten discrete component functions integrated on one chip, a dual ESD/EMI audio filter enables high audio quality in stereo headsets, mobile phones, portable multimedia players, PDAs and notebook ...