Video material about ESD protection
Because it is difficult to meet our customers in-person, Sofics is using short video messages to introduce new solutions, to provide inspiration and to improve understanding about on-chip ESD protection.
2023 Sofics corporate introduction
Tutorial series
Short (typical less than 5 minutes) tutorials about different ESD related topics. Snackable content – learn something in few minutes.
| 1: Diode triggered SCR for ESD protection | Link |
| 2: ESD characterization using Transmission Line Pulse tester | Link |
| 3. VF-TLP characterization to estimate CDM robustness | Link |
| 4. Local ESD Protection for Analog IOs | Link |
Sofics has ESD solutions for every application
Very short video’s (duration of about 1 minute) about different applications, process options or test conditions.
| ESD protection for Radiation hard electronics | Link |
| ESD protection for SOI technology | Link |
| 2.5D and 3D integration – die-2-die interfaces | Link |
| 3 ESD solutions for Silicon Photonics | Link |
| 3 Key challenges in medical IC design | Link |
| 3 ESD issues for High-Speed IOs | Link |
| ESD solution IP for automotive Electronics | Link |
| ESD protection for FinFETS | Link |
| ESD IP benefits | Link |
| Sofics generic introduction | Link |
| Sofics ESD solutions IP – 4 reasons | Link |
| 3 ESD challenges for IoT | Link |
| On-chip ESD protection approach for IEC 61000-4-2 | Link |
Powerpoint presentation with voice over
Presentations of 20 to 30 minutes with much more details. Typically these are video recordings from presentations at (virtual) conferences.
| ESD design window in FinFET and FDSOI technology | Link |
| CDM protection for FinFET and SOI technology | Link |
| Leakage from ESD protection in FinFET and SOI technology | Link |
| Optimizing I/O’s and ESD protection to reduce leakage in SOI applications | Link |
| ESD solutions for FinFET and FDSOI technologies | Link |
| Selecting the right ESD standards and robustness levels for IoT applications | Link |
| 2021 IP-SOC Santa Clara – ESD protection for 2.5D and 3D integration | Link |
| Selecting the right process: FinFET, SOI or bulk CMOS | Link |
| 2021 IEDS conference – Low-cap ESD protection for SerDes | Link |
| 2021 Taiwan ESD Conference – Low cap ESD for 3D integration | Link |
| 2021 TSMC OIP event – ESD protection for space applications | Link |
| 2021 Samsung SAFE event – SCR based ESD protection for 4nm, 8nm FinFET | Link |
About SOFICS
Sofics is a foundry independent semiconductor IP provider that has supported 100+ companies worldwide with customized/specialty Analog I/Os and on-chip ESD protection. The technology has been characterized on most CMOS processes, as well as on SiGe, SOI, BCD and advanced FinFET nodes like 16nm, 12nm, 7nm, 6nm and 5nm.
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