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 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
1 Introduction In a previous blog “Field Induced CDM Explained” I discussed what happens during the CDM test. This included the sequence of events as voltage is applied to the field plate, how the potential on the device under test … Read More
Preface This blog post is an update of an article originally published in 2008 in the now defunct Conformity magazine. The original article is available elsewhere on the Minotaur Labs web site, but changes in the test standards for electrostatic … Read More
1 Introduction The qualification requirements for integrated circuits for both JEDEC [1] and the Automotive Electronics Council (AEC) [2], require ESD testing for both Human Body Model (HBM) and Charged Device Model (CDM). Despite this requirement, examination of integrated circuit … Read More