Physical circuit-device simulation of ESD and power devices

An industrial methodology for physically accurate and efficient simulation of high-field/high-voltage events such as ESD and power applications has been presented. The methodology has been applied to a number of varied industrial problems with excellent results validated by experimental data. Our approach helps make physical simulation available to designers in cases where simulation has not been widely used previously, in particular for circuit optimization of ESD protection in logic as well as power ICs.