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ArticleDecember 1, 2020
Factors Involving ESD Protection Cell Design Selections
How is the proper ESD Protection Cell chosen for a particular design application? Perhaps there is a more fundamental question—why is there more than one ESD Protection Cell in the…
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ArticleNovember 1, 2020
Those Semiconductor Datasheet Absolute Maximum Ratings (AMR) are Critical
Following them properly is for your benefit!This article is a follow-up to “What’s the trouble with AMRs?” In Compliance Magazine, January 2020. The purpose of AMR is to warn “customers” who use the semiconductor…
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ArticleOctober 1, 2020
FinFETs and Their Impact on ESD Protection Design
For 2020, TSMC is targeting to start mass production of its first 5 nm technology. Also, at this node FinFETs are the transistor architecture of choice. In this article, we…
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ArticleSeptember 1, 2020
Even Optical Communication Needs ESD Protection
In the past, fiber-optic communication was used primarily for long-distance communication (50 km and beyond). Only a limited number of these high-end interface products were required worldwide. More recently, companies…
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ArticleAugust 1, 2020
Newly Released ESD Standards
What’s New in Standards?In the past six months, EOS/ESD Association, Inc., the only organization accredited by ANSI to write and produce standards on electrostatics, released eight new or revised documents…
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ArticleJuly 1, 2020
How Do You Compare ANSI/ESD S20.20 and MIL-STD-1686?
On June 4, 2015 the Department of Defense (DoD) adopted S20.20 for use as an alternative to MIL‑STD‑1686 but both standards still exist. EOS/ESD Association, Inc. has worked with a liaison…