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News and views for members of the ESD Association THRESHOLD TM News bits ESD design seminar ..................... 1 Calendar of events ....................... 2 ESD white paper .......................... 2 2003 EOS/ESD Symposium. ......... 3 Regional tutorial program. .......... 3 Update on facility certification .... 4 S20.20 seminar. ............................ 5 From the President ...................... 5 Standards update. ........................ 8 New standards documents .......... 8 From the Threshold chair ............ 9 Symposium behind the scenes .. 10 Institutional listings .............. 11-12 In this issue Headquarters staffing Tammy Muldoon has joined the ESDA headquarters staff as a programmanager. She will have specific responsibilities in the areas of Threshold , the ESDAWeb site, and standards, as well as other general office duties. Exhibit space available Nearly 50 exhibitors have already com- mitted to the 2003 EOS/ESD Symposium. There is good space available, but it’s going fast. For information on exhibiting, contact Scien-Tech Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 2097, Banner Elk, NC 28604-2097; Tel: 828-898-6375, Fax: 828-898-6379. Roster available for downloading The 2003 ESDAmembership roster is now available in PDF format for downloading from the ESDA Web site, www.esda.org. The PDF version replaces the printed edition that had been produced in the past. Volume 19, No. 2 March/April 2003 The ESD Association has scheduled an ESD design seminar to be held May 5-6, 2003, at the Holiday Inn- Great America in Santa Clara, CA. Developed by the Association’s International Council on Edu- cation (ICE), the technical semi- nar for on-chip ESD protection designers is part of the Association’s effort to expand technical education beyond the annual EOS/ESD Symposium. Created specifically to meet the needs of persons responsible for ESD protec- tion in circuit design, the two-day semi- nar program includes in- depth techni- cal education in a number of specific areas including the following: ESD in the I n d u s t r i a l Semiconduc- tor IC Context: What is ESD? Why is it important? What methods are used to control it? ESD Models and ESD Testing: Descrip- tion of the three models and model issues from the designer’s point of view. ESD Device Operation: Fundamentals of MOS device operation, the role of PMOS, BiCMOS and the similarity of the techniques for CMOS, bipolar devices, DENMOS and LDMOS devices and protection techniques. ESDCircuit Operation: Operation of and issues with NMOS circuits, including implementation, simulation, and experimental results. Technology Impact on ESD Design Choices: Review of ESD protection design options as a function of tech- nology and process fluctuations. Special Circuit Requirements and Their Impact on ESD: Mixed voltage protection, RF and analog protection, BiCMOS, high voltage protection, and new latchup effects. CDM ESD Protection: Concerns and considerations; fast enough diodes, transistors, and SCRs; the on-chip CDM event. Design Examples and Case Studies: Layout methods, ESD rules, new design methods, case studies of protection design problems, and class exercises. Instructors for the seminar are Char- vaka Duvvury, Ph. D., Texas Instruments, and James W. Miller, Motorola. Detailed information on the seminar will be mailed to all ESDA members and also may be downloaded from the ESDA Web site, www.esda.org . For more information on the ESD Design Seminar, contact ESDA headquarters. Association announces ESD design seminar May 5-6 in Santa Clara, CA Charvaka Duvvury James W. Miller