Electro static discharge (ESD) poses a real threat to product quality, and is di cult to spot. ESD standards are continuously updated to keep pace with changes in technology and new test equipment ...

Today’s consumers have quickly become dependent on mobile devices that incorporate the USB-C, or USB-Type C, communication interface standard—from smartphones and tablets to wearables and laptops. The ...

Protection against ESD events (commonly referred to as ESD robustness) is an extremely important aspect of integrated circuit (IC) design and verification, including 2.5/3D designs. ESD events cause ...

An electronic device is susceptible to Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) damage during its entire life cycle, including the phase from the completion of the silicon wafer processing to when the device ...

I was installing a hard drive today and it works fine, but as it's the first time I've done it I did a little reading and found out that electrostatic charge can damage your drive not only if you ...

In the semiconductor manufacturing industry, damage and yield losses attributed to the effects of static charges are well documented along with the determination of many of the specific causes. 1 If ...