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ArticleJuly 1, 2023
The Dilemma Between Customers and Suppliers on EOS Failures
Bridging the Gap using tAMRNever-ending EOS Customer Returns During the last four decades, damage to devices from electrical overstress (EOS) has confounded both IC suppliers and customers. The Industry Council on ESD Target…
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Press ReleaseJune 26, 2023
EOS/ESD Association, Inc. Completes STEM Series for Local Elementary School Students on Electrostatic Discharge
June 26, 2023 Contact: Lisa Pimpinella, Executive Director, EOS/ESD Association, Inc. lpimpinella@esda.org, (315) 339-6937 ROME, NY – EOS/ESD Association, Inc. (ESDA) recently completed a four-part series of electrostatic discharge presentations for over…
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ArticleJune 1, 2023
The Transistor: An Indispensable ESD Protection Device – Part 2
The invention of the bipolar transistor and later the MOS transistor evolution into wide applications for ESD protection in the semiconductor technologies was previously published in the January 2023 issue…
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ArticleMay 1, 2023
Updated Trends in Charge Device Model (CDM)
Charged device events are by far the leading cause of electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage in modern electronics manufacturing facilities. If an integrated circuit contacts a conducting surface at a different…
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ArticleApril 1, 2023
Challenges of Designing System-level ESD Protection at the IC Level, Part 2
Conducting System-level ESD CurrentA previous article (Challenges of Designing System-Level ESD Protection at the IC Level: Misconceptions Regarding Current Flow to the IC [1]) highlighted the challenges an IC designer…
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ArticleMarch 1, 2023
ESD Challenges in 2.5D/3D Integration
Introduction2.5D/3D integration is an Integrated Circuit (IC) packaging technique that allows the combination of dies of the same or different technologies in the same IC package. Back in the 1990s…