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The ESD Association newsletter, published for everyone with an interest in the understanding and control of electrostatic discharge. Volume 29, No. 3 May/June 2013 In this issue HRESHOLD TM Find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter! WWW.ESDA.ORG EOS/ESD Association, Inc. Setting the Global Standards for Static Control! Symposium, page 1 From the President, pages 2-3 ERC Research Grant, pages 4-5 Q & A, page 6 Spotlight, page 7 Standards Meeting Schedule, page 8 ESDA Seminar, pages 9-10 ESD On-Campus, page 11 IEEE Invited Talk, page 12 Industry Council, pages 13-14 ESD On-Campus Status 2013, page 14 BoD Nominations, pages 15-17 Calendar, page 18 Photo Corner, page 19 Registration is now open for the 35th Annual EOS/ESD Symposium! Register for the 35th Annual EOS/ESD Symposium September 8-13, 2013 at the Rio All Suites Hotel in Las Vegas, NV, USA. Benchmark your company’s operation against the practices of other companies. Solve business challenges in controlling ESD by networking with other ESD professionals and industry experts to learn best practices and technology advances for ESD Control. The EOS/ESD Symposium offers the unique opportunity to get a complete overview about latest progress in electrical overstress and electrostatic discharge protection technology. This special event combines frontier research with advanced tutorials, technical presentations, exhibits of ESD control products and services, workshops, authors’ corners, two “Year in Review” sessions of factory and device standards, exhibitors “Showcase” of ESD technologies, giving a maximum value-added to the attendees. Highlights of the Symposium include: • 40 Tutorials to keep you current, among which are the following new tutorials: o An Overview of Integrated Circuit ESD: ESD Threat, Testing, Design Con- cepts, & Debugging o ESD Design in HV Technologies o Waveforms and the Safe Handling of Devices o Contamination & ESD Issues in Flat Panel Display Manufacturing Process o Costly Controversial ESD Myths • Technical Sessions with over 50 engaging ESD Presentations including: o On-Chip Protection in Emerging CMOS Technologies, Design for CMOS, Protection for High Voltage Applications o Analysis of Factory Processes, Properties of Materials o ESD Device Physics, System-Level Design, Electronic Design Automa- tion, System-Level Characterization Cases, RF and High Voltage Design o Transient Test Techniques and Modeling of ESD Testers • Workshops for captivating discussions on: o Effective Strategies for ESD Design Team Organization and SoC Support o HBM and CDM Correlation to Field Returns and Manufacturing Rejects o System Level ESD Protection – On-Chip or On-Board? o Transient Latch-up o EOS Mitigation – What is the Best Strategy to Get Rid of EOS Failures o 3D/TSV Register Online at www.esda.org/onlineregistrations.html