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ESD basic: Silicon Control Rectifier (SCR)

by kverhaege
Posted on February 10, 2023
in DTSCR, dual diode, ESD protection, ESD protection approaches, FinFET, Local clamp, SCR, Silicon controlled rectifier, SOI

SCR intro: Silicon-controlled rectifiers (SCRs) are interesting devices that can be used for on-chip ESD protection, if (and only if) they are properly designed and biased. SCRs are used for high-speed/RF or low-capacitance, small area/high-performance ESD solutions in all CMOS technologies, including SOI and FinFET (down to 3nm today). SCR operation: Figure 1 introduces theContinue[...]

by kverhaege
Posted on January 26, 2023
in ESD protection, ESD protection approaches, ggnmos, Local clamp, power clamp

ggNMOS intro: For decades, a traditional workhorse device for ESD protection for standard applications in CMOS technology has been the grounded-gate NMOS device (ggNMOS). Nevertheless, we have been explaining the operation of this device countless times, including as recently as 3 weeks ago. So, it is time for a short blog article. The schematic ofContinue[...]

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