Title

An improved experimental setup for electrostatic discharge (ESD) measurements based on transmission line pulsing technique

Authors

Authors

J. C. Lee; R. Young; J. J. Liou; G. D. Croft;J. C. Bernier

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.

Keywords

electrostatic discharge; matched load circuit; time-domain measurements; transient and waveforms; transmission line pulsing; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Instruments & Instrumentation

Abstract

Transmission line pulsing (TLP) is a useful technique to characterize electrostatic discharge (ESD) events in semiconductor devices. The pulse waveforms generated by a typical TLP setup, however, are often distorted and oscillatory. In this paper, a new and simple experimental setup is developed to improve the shape of the TLP waveforms and thus to increase the effectiveness of the TLP technique. Experimental results obtained from the conventional and improved setups are presented and compared.

Journal Title

Ieee Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volume

50

Issue/Number

6

Publication Date

1-1-2001

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

1808

Last Page

1814

WOS Identifier

WOS:000173763700057

ISSN

0018-9456

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