CDM – Charged Device Model

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