EDN

Reliability of IEC 61000-4-2 ESD testing on components

Testing for immunity to electrostatic discharge (ESD), from cell phones to computers, is usually done with the IEC 61000-4-2 standard. 1 But IEC61000-4-2 is purely a systems-level test spec, not a ...
EDN

ESD Testing of MOS Gated Power Transistors

All semiconductor components have been proven to be static sensitive to varying degrees. Users’ concerns on this subject has resulted in a significant effort being expended on the following areas: ...
Electronic Design

The ESDA and JEDEC Revise Standards for ESD Testing

JEDEC Solid State Technology Association and the ESD Association today announced the publication of ANSI/ESDA/JEDEC JS-001-2011 for Electrostatic Discharge Sensitivity (ESD) Testing - Human Body Model ...
Reading Eagle

Remcom Introduces Transient EM/Circuit Co-Simulation for TVS Diode ESD Protection Analysis

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Remcom announces an update to XFdtd(R) 3D EM Simulation Software, with transient EM/circuit co-simulation for electrostatic discharge (ESD) testing and ...
Semiconductor Engineering

ESD Guns, Transients And Testing…Oh My!

With the pervasiveness of power management techniques like clock gating and power gating, transient power is on the rise, accompanied by the requirement to closely examine a system for such phenomenon ...
Electronic Design

Is System-Level ESD Testing Valid for ICs?

A study to evaluate the applicability of IEC-61000-4-2 testing at the semiconductor device level finds that results depend more on variations in test setup than in ESD sensitivity. Donna Robinson-Hahn ...