ESD (PDF)

With the growth of high-speed telecommunications and wireless
technology, it is becoming increasingly important for engineers to
understand radio frequency (RF) applications and their sensitivity
to electrostatic discharge (ESD) phenomena. This enables the
development of ESD design methods for RF technology, leading
to increased protection against electrical overstress (EOS) and
ESD.

ESD: RF Technology and Circuits:

* Presents methods for co-synthesizisng ESD networks for RF
applications to achieve improved performance and ESD protection of
semiconductor chips;

* discusses RF ESD design methods of capacitance load
transformation, matching network co-synthesis, capacitance shunts,
inductive shunts, impedance isolation, load cancellation methods,
distributed loads, emitter degeneration, buffering and
ballasting;

* examines ESD protection and design of active and passive
elements in RF complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS), RF
laterally-diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS), RF BiCMOS
Silicon Germanium (SiGe), RF BiCMOS Silicon Germanium Carbon
(SiGeC), and Gallim Arsenide technology;

* gives information on RF ESD testing methodologies, RF
degradation effects, and failure mechanisms for devices, circuits
and systems;

* highlights RF ESD mixed-signal design integration of digital,
analog and RF circuitry;

* sets out examples of RF ESD design computer aided design
methodologies;

* covers state-of-the-art RF ESD input circuits, as well as
voltage-triggered to RC-triggered ESD power clamps networks in RF
technologies, as well as off-chip protection concepts.

Following the authors series of books on ESD, this book will be
a thorough overview of ESD in RF technology for RF semiconductor
chip and ESD engineers. Device and circuit engineers working in the
RF domain, and quality, reliability and failure analysis engineers
will also find it a valuable reference in the rapidly growing are
of RF ESD design. In addition, it will appeal to graduate students
in RF microwave technology and RF circuit design.