EDN

Challenges for ESD-Robust Design in State-of-the-Art Analog Technologies

As the popularity of portable electronics, “smart devices”, and automotive electronics keeps increasing, so does the need for analog functions to be embedded in ICs. This drives the demand for ...
Business Wire

Research and Markets: Electrostatic Discharge (ESD): A Comprehensive Design and Synthesis Guide for Semiconductor, Circuit & ESD Engineers

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/22f186/esd_design_and_sy) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons ...
Design-Reuse

Sofics Analog I/O's and ESD clamps proven for TSMC 16nm, 12nm and 7nm FinFET processes

Belgium, October 28, 2019 – Sofics bvba (www.sofics.com), a leading semiconductor integrated circuit IP provider announced that its TakeCharge® Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) portfolio is silicon ...
EDN

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

Save Your ICs from Dreaded ESD

Sponsored by Texas Instruments: Numerous devices are available, such as diode arrays, that make it easier than ever to design in electrostatic-discharge protection. Whether you’re designing integrated ...
Design-Reuse

Analog circuits need more than just DFT methods

Digital design is, of necessity, performed at a very high level of abstraction. When dealing with millions to hundreds of millions of transistors, working at the transistor level is completely ...
Semiconductor Engineering

ESD Signoff No Longer A “Nice to Have” In FinFET Design Era

As the semiconductor industry transitions to finFETs, reliability challenges are increasing. ESD designers are challenged with new issues that would require significant rethinking and redesign of ...
Electronic Design

Soundbar Design From Start To Finish: Power Amplifiers, Power Supplies, And ESD Protection

In Part 5 of this series on designing home entertainment sound bars, TI's Dafydd Roche covers amplifier class, analog/digital input decisions,and power-supply issues. The strengths and weaknesses of ...
Yahoo Finance

Analog/RF Chip Design Expert Helic Joins ESD Alliance

REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwired - Feb 23, 2017) - Helic, a leading supplier of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software for crosstalk analysis and signoff of high-frequency analog/RF and high-speed ...
Business Wire

MaxLinear Introduces High Performance Quad RS-485 Receivers with Superior ESD and EFT Protection to Facilitate Robust System Design

New products offer up to 32Mbps data rates at extreme temperatures, support for wide power supply range, IEC 61000-4-2 ESD protection, and IEC61000-4-4 electrical fast transient (EFT) protection ...