The proper construction and placement of ESD protection circuits is vital to IC performance and reliability.

While on-chip ESD protection circuit design has been an integral part of development of almost every single IC chip, inclusion of such protection on most discrete components has been considered ...

Protection circuits are changing ESD protection circuits have remained consistent for years, but the tried-and-true approaches are no longer as reliable. “Designing ESD circuits is getting more ...

We’re used to interfaces such as I2C and one-wire as easy ways to hook up sensors and other peripherals to microcontrollers. While they’re fine within the confines of a small project, ...

Several key technology trends are changing electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection requirements. High-speed interfaces, for example, affect signal integrity, and shrinking geometries make ...

To connect the miniature world of integrated circuits like a CPU with the outside world, a number of physical connections ...

Finally, for ESD protection, circuit protection products such as silicon ESD (SESD) devices can be placed on the USB data lines.