KAWASAKI, Japan &#151 NEC Electronics Inc. has developed a new electrostatic discharge (ESD) technology for the 45-nm node. The technology utilizes a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) design to ...
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection is critical at advanced nodes to safeguard designs against effects intensified by shrinking transistor dimensions and oxide layer thicknesses. On the other ...
As the popularity of portable electronics, “smart devices”, and automotive electronics keeps increasing, so does the need for analog functions to be embedded in ICs. This drives the demand for ...