GiGuard Series ESD diodes. Image credit: AVX AVX Corporation has released a series of bidirectional ESD suppression diodes that combine the latest in transient voltage suppression (TVS) technology ...

You can find a number of ESD blogs below, including a poll on circuit protection. ESD & Circuit Protection News, Vol. 3. Design Ideas: Circuit Protection. Ground Plane Solves ESD Problem. ESD Is Often ...

Schottky diodes have a low forward voltage and may turn on sooner than the IC’s internal ESD protection circuit. The figure below shows an example of using Schottky diodes for ESD protection. An ...

Download PDF: ESD Prevention – Input Protection Circuits. Diode ESD Protection. Advertisement. Other Related Topics. Choose the Right Buck-Boost for Your IoT Tracker; Designing A 12GHz, Ultra-Low ...

Employing the latest in TVS Technology coupled with a unique leadless package, the GiGuard series of ESD Suppression Diodes provides clamping voltages below 12V and cap values as low as 0.3pfd. This ...

One of the simplest and most widely used ESD protection techniques for CMOS circuits is to connect diodes between the input or output pins and the power supply rails. Diodes are semiconductor ...

The Ethernet transceiver also needs ESD protection. Diode arrays and polymer ESD suppressors can provide the necessary protection for the high-speed differential data lines. These diode arrays can ...

For example, TE Connectivity surface mount SESD0402X1UN-0020-090 silicon ESD protection device can protect USB 3.0 or HDMI data signals from ESD. There are two connections for the USB 1.0 and 2.0 data ...

Abstract: On-chip ESD protection circuits realized with novel diode structures, without the field-oxide boundary across the p/n junction, are proposed. A PMOS (NMOS) structure is especially inserted ...

ESD protection is implemented with current steering diodes designed to safely handle the high peak surge currents associated with the IEC-1000-4-2 level 4 ESD requirements (8 kV contact discharge).