This article provides information about an SCR based ESD protection clamp for RF circuits validated in TSMC 90nm CMOS technology. The ESD protection clamp described has excellent figures of merit: Due to the low parasitic capacitance, low leakage and high Q-factor the influence on the RF performance is limited.
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ESD protection solutions for space applications
We frequently get questions about the applicability of our ESD and I/O solution IP for space applications. Semiconductor devices that are used at high elevation or in space need special attention during the design phase. Sofics technology has been used for a number of aerospace projects. In this article we provide more background and some example cases.
5 reasons why IoT chips need custom ESD protection
Internet of Things (IoT) applications are powered by semiconductor devices. Despite the use of mature process nodes IoT chips cannot use convention ESD protection.
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