Practical Evaluation of ESD Protection Devices for High-speed Interface
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In this paper, three types of ESD protection devices with low capacitance used for high-speed interfaces are evaluated by transmission line pulse measurement. Different suppression characteristics were observed for rise time and pulse width. The results suggest there could be some differences in practical system-level ESD tests among ESD protection devices. An ESD gun test confirms this, and polymer ESD devices are found suitable to protect high-speed signaling.
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