1 Introduction This post will be discussing the differences between the ESD qualification requirements for integrated circuits intended for standard commercial applications and for automotive applications. Automobiles have always had electrical circuits. Even before electric headlights and electric starters, magnetos … Read More

1 Introduction This blog will discuss the differences and advantages of two popular types of Human Body Model (HBM) testers for evaluating electronic components for ESD robustness, two pin and matrix based testers. In a future blog I will discuss … Read More

1 Introduction For the ESD test engineer one of the most frustrating challenges is charged device model (CDM) testing very small integrated circuits. During field induced CDM testing, following the joint JEDEC/ESDA CDM standard JS-002 [1] the device under test … Read More