As a designer or verification engineer, you’re fighting the effects of electrostatic discharge (ESD) in your integrated circuit (IC) designs all the time. ESD is one of those frustrating issues that ...

Advanced CMOS process technologies enable IC designers to deliver higher performing devices, but also increase the need for extra board-level ESD protection to ensure the reliability of the end ...

The electrostatic discharge (ESD) ratings in component data sheets often confuse system designers by not specifying the actual standard to which a component was tested. The following explains the ...

We’ve all experienced the effect of electrostatic discharge at some point in our lives, the most common case being a tingling sensation one feels after touching a door knob or any metal surface. When ...

Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory developed a printable elastomeric silicone foam for electronics packaging that provides both mechanical and electrostatic discharge (ESD) ...