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ESD protection design for discrete semiconductors

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is caused by the discharge of an excess or deficiency of electrons on one surface with respect to another surface or to ground. When a static charge is present on an ...
Ars Technica

ESD (Electrostatic Damage) to Hard Drives

I was installing a hard drive today and it works fine, but as it's the first time I've done it I did a little reading and found out that electrostatic charge can damage your drive not only if you ...
Electronic Design

Damage from a Lightning Bolt or a Spark-It Depends on How Tall

Nanometer-tall transistors need protection to survive even human sparks. Protection against EOS (electrical overstress) and ESD (electrostatic discharge) destruction of the board circuits and ICs is ...
Semiconductor Engineering

ESD Co-Design For High-Speed SerDeS In FinFET Technologies

An electronic device is susceptible to Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) damage during its entire life cycle, including the phase from the completion of the silicon wafer processing to when the device ...
Machine Design

The Invisible Foe – Understanding and Controlling ESD Damage

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 ...
Semiconductor Engineering

ESD Requirements Are Changing

Standards for specifying a chip’s ability to withstand electrostatic discharge (ESD) are changing – in some cases, getting tougher, and in others, easing up. ESD protection has been on a path from a ...
Electronics Weekly

Low-capacitance snap-back ESD protection diodes are automotive qualified

Nexperia is aiming at protecting high-speed automotive data lines with ESD protection diodes whose capacitance is as low as 0.28pF. With stand-off voltages in the 18 – 32V range and a snap-back ...
PlasticsToday

Cortec Launches Permanent ESD Stretch Film Solution

Cortec Corp introduces EcoSonic VpCI-125 HP stretch film with permanent ESD protection eliminating shelf life and shipping ...
For Construction Pros

Stat-Rez ESD Nano from APF Polymer Surfaces Prevents Electrostatic Damage

ICP Building Solutions Group (BSG) has launched its newest product from APF Polymer Surfaces, Stat-Rez ESD Nano, which offers innovative solutions to control static and improve safety. Stat-Rez Static ...
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ESD protection of discrete semiconductors

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is caused by the discharge of an excess or deficiency of electrons on one surface with respect to another surface or to ground. When a static charge is present on an ...