Circuit protection manufacturers boost performance and deliver smaller footprints for applications ranging from vehicles to ...

New generations of portable products are increasingly sensitive to damage from Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) voltage as newer integrated circuit (IC ... so it was sufficient to choose any protection ...

Understanding the various ESD diode architectures that are inside of front end amplifiers, along with understanding the thermal and electromigration implications of a given protection circuit, can ...

The most common way to protect sensitive inputs and outputs of an IC or other circuit is to connect a TVS diode between the line carrying the signal and ground. If an ESD pulse occurs, the diode ...

[Kevin Darrah] is risking the nerves on his index finger to learn about ESD protection ... the diodes. The diodes are there to protect the MOSFET. In the end he had a circuit that could withstand ...

"ESD protection and core circuit co-design are increasingly important in advanced ICs, but conventional diode models do not account for ESD event regimes, during which the device operates under ...

FOUNTAIN INN, SC--(Marketwired - April 04, 2017) - AVX Corporation (AVX), a leading manufacturer and supplier of passive components and interconnect solutions, has released a new series of ...

The diode’s fast switching action, as well as the simplicity and economy of the circuit, are attractive. Figure 6 illustrates a common implementation of ESD diodes at the terminals of an IC.

and ESD devices (such as pull-up and pull-down diodes, power clamps, etc.). All ESD discharge paths are identified based on their definitions in the rule deck. Run circuit simulation to calculate the ...

The Impulse TSMC .13u ESD diode was made to provide ESD discharge paths when integrating third party IP in an integrated circuit design for total ESD protection. The Impulse ESD diode has been ...

MALVERN, PA — Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) has introduced a new Automotive Grade ESD protection diode designed for use in automotive Ethernet networks. The compact VETH100A1DD1 ...