ESD Design and Technology Online Course

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) is a challenging issue with today's integrated circuit designs. Scaling and new technology features make meeting ESD requirements a difficult proposition. Furthermore, the   variety of ESD standards can make meeting the requirements a confusing proposition. Fundamentally, ICs need to be robust against damage. In this course, we will cover the physics and models, how semiconductor processes affect ESD, the impact of advanced and future technologies on meeting ESD requirements, basic ESD circuits and how to design them, how to design input/output (I/O) networks to be robust to ESD, some case   studies, and common ESD design tools. By taking this course, technology and design engineers will gain insight into ESD and how to design technologies and circuits to be robust to ESD.