ESD Protection Device and Circuit Design for Advanced CMOS
Technologies is intended for practicing engineers working in the areas
of circuit design, VLSI reliability and testing domains. As the problems
associated with ESD failures and yield losses become significant in the
modern semiconductor industry, the demand for graduates with a basic
knowledge of ESD is also increasing. Today, there is a significant
demand to educate the circuits design and reliability teams on ESD
issues. This book makes an attempt to address the ESD design and
implementation in a systematic manner. A design procedure involving
device simulators as well as circuit simulator is employed to optimize
device and circuit parameters for optimal ESD as well as circuit
performance. This methodology, described in ESD Protection Device and
Circuit Design for Advanced CMOS Technologies has resulted in several
successful ESD circuit design with excellent silicon results and
demonstrates its strengths.