TY - GEN
T1 - Abnormal ESD damages occur in interface circuits between different power domains in ND-mode MM ESD stress
AU - Hung, Hsiang Pin
AU - Ker, Ming-Dou
AU - Chen, Shih Hung
AU - Chuang, Che Hao
PY - 2006/12/1
Y1 - 2006/12/1
N2 - Complex ESD failure mechanisms have been found in the interface circuits of an IC product with multiple separated power domains. The MM ESD robustness can not achieve 150 V in this IC product with separated power domains, although it has the 2-kV HBM ESD robustness. The ND-mode MM ESD currents were discharged by circuitous current paths through interface circuits to cause the gate oxide damage, junction filament, and contact destroy of the internal transistors. The detailed discharging paths of each ND-mode ESD failure were analysed in this paper.
AB - Complex ESD failure mechanisms have been found in the interface circuits of an IC product with multiple separated power domains. The MM ESD robustness can not achieve 150 V in this IC product with separated power domains, although it has the 2-kV HBM ESD robustness. The ND-mode MM ESD currents were discharged by circuitous current paths through interface circuits to cause the gate oxide damage, junction filament, and contact destroy of the internal transistors. The detailed discharging paths of each ND-mode ESD failure were analysed in this paper.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34250663154&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IPFA.2006.251021
DO - 10.1109/IPFA.2006.251021
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34250663154
SN - 1424402069
SN - 9781424402069
T3 - Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits, IPFA
SP - 163
EP - 166
BT - Proceedings of 13th International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits, IPFA 2006
T2 - 13th International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits, IPFA 2006
Y2 - 3 July 2006 through 7 July 2006
ER -