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

    Authors

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

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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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