IEEE

Investigation of CDM ESD Protection Capability Among Power-Rail ESD Clamp Circuits in CMOS ICs With Decoupling Capacitors

Abstract: The power-rail electrostatic discharge (ESD) clamp circuits have been widely used in CMOS integrated circuits (ICs) to provide effective discharging paths for on-chip ESD protection design.
IEEE

3D TCAD Analysis Enabling ESD Layout Design Optimization

Abstract: On-chip electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection design for integrated circuits (ICs) is a challenging design-for-reliability problem. Since ESD events involve very high current transients ...
Electronic Design

How a Dumb Move Spawned the x86 and Kickstarted the PC Revolution

The history of Intel’s 8008 processor. Insight into the x86 architecture. Lasting legacy with modern applications. Computer Terminal Corporation (now defunct Datapoint) launched the DataPoint 3300 ...