EDN

Maximizing ESD protection for automotive Ethernet applications

For many decades, Ethernet has been used in industrial and computing networks. But nowadays it’s increasingly deployed in automotive applications as a replacement for legacy networks like controller ...
Electronic Design

ESD protection devices target next-generation interfaces

April 22, 2014. ON Semiconductor has introduced five new electrostatic discharge (ESD) suppression devices for today’s most advanced interfaces. Patent-pending design techniques and process technology ...
EDN

Choose ESD Protection Devices Sooner Rather than Later to Avoid Schedule Slippage

Ask any financial planner for retirement savings advice and the first answer you’ll get will always be the same: “It’s never too early to start planning for retirement.” Much the same advice is true ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Design Optimal ESD Protection With Context-Aware SPICE Simulation

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is a major reliability concern for modern ICs. Ensuring the robustness of ICs in an ESD event by providing adequate ESD protection is proving to be a major challenge for ...