• DocumentCode
    166741
  • Title

    Theory of active clamp response to power-on ESD and implications for power supply integrity

  • Author

    Mertens, Robert ; Thomson, Nicholas ; Yang Xiu ; Rosenbaum, Elyse

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    7-12 Sept. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    10
  • Abstract
    A small-signal model of active clamp circuits is developed and used to explore how the trigger circuit design impacts the power integrity during ESD events. Analysis and simulation show that low gain, high bandwidth trigger circuits promote stability, indicating a tradeoff between clamp on-resistance, stability, and area.
  • Keywords
    active networks; electrostatic discharge; network synthesis; power supply circuits; ESD; active clamp circuits; active clamp response; power supply integrity; small-signal model; trigger circuit design; Circuit stability; Clamps; Electrostatic discharges; Inverters; Rails; Stability analysis; Trigger circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrical Overstress/Electrostatic Discharge Symposium (EOS/ESD), 2014 36th
  • Conference_Location
    Tucson, AZ
  • ISSN
    0739-5159
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6968805
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=166741