TY - GEN
T1 - Method to evaluate cable discharge event (CDE) reliability of integrated circuits in CMOS technology
AU - Lai, Tai Xiang
AU - Ker, Ming-Dou
PY - 2006/12/1
Y1 - 2006/12/1
N2 - Cable discharge event (CDE) has been the main cause which damages the Ethernet interface in field applications. The transmission line pulsing (TLP) system has been the most popular method to observe electric characteristics of the device under human-body-model (HEM) electrostatic discharge (ESD) stress. In this work, the long-pulse transmission line pulsing (LP-TLP) system is proposed to simulate CDE reliability of the Ethernet integrated circuits, and the results are compared with the conventional 100-ns TLP system. The experimental results have shown that the CDE robustness of NMOS device in a 0.25-/spl mu/m CMOS technology is worse than its HBMESD robustness.
AB - Cable discharge event (CDE) has been the main cause which damages the Ethernet interface in field applications. The transmission line pulsing (TLP) system has been the most popular method to observe electric characteristics of the device under human-body-model (HEM) electrostatic discharge (ESD) stress. In this work, the long-pulse transmission line pulsing (LP-TLP) system is proposed to simulate CDE reliability of the Ethernet integrated circuits, and the results are compared with the conventional 100-ns TLP system. The experimental results have shown that the CDE robustness of NMOS device in a 0.25-/spl mu/m CMOS technology is worse than its HBMESD robustness.
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U2 - 10.1109/ISQED.2006.85
DO - 10.1109/ISQED.2006.85
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84886744486
SN - 0769525237
SN - 9780769525235
T3 - Proceedings - International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED
SP - 597
EP - 602
BT - Proceedings - 7th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED 2006
T2 - 7th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED 2006
Y2 - 27 March 2006 through 29 March 2006
ER -