Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is indeed the "invisible foe" of electronic product quality and reliability. ESD includes spectacular electric sparks, but also less dramatic forms which may be neither ...

An introductory approach to designing for ESD. Understanding the ESD pulse, how passive components react over frequency, and PCB layout techniques are exposed This application note is written to give ...

Static electricity can be defined as a stationary charge that builds up on the surface of a material. The interaction between stationary charges, known as electrostatics, leads to two key problems ...

In many applications where the input is not under system control but rather connects to the outside world, such as test equipment, instrumentation, and some sensing equipment, it is possible for input ...

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) poses a significant challenge in the design and operation of integrated circuits, frequently leading to soft failures where transient malfunctions disrupt normal ...

ICs subjected to electrostatic discharge (ESD) stress have distinct failure signatures. High currents can melt different regions of the semiconductor structure (ESD-HBM, or human body model), while ...