• DocumentCode
    3498526
  • Title

    Human Body Model ESD Protection of RF Bipolar Circuits

  • Author

    Davis, Paul ; Horton, Brian

  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    8-10 Oct. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    RF and other high-frequency bipolar circuits operating at 1-5 GHz have been ESD protected using the human body model test to 2kV. The described design and modeling techniques minimize the operating parasitics, chip area, and number of process turn-arounds
  • Keywords
    BiCMOS integrated circuits; bipolar transistors; electrostatic discharge; radiofrequency integrated circuits; silicon; 1 to 5 GHz; 2 kV; BiCMOS process technology; ESD protection; human body model; power devices; radiofrequency bipolar circuits; silicon bipolar process technology; Biological system modeling; Circuit testing; Clamps; Electrostatic discharge; Humans; Pins; Protection; Radio frequency; Schottky diodes; Voltage; RF circuits; Silicon bipolar/BiCMOS process technology; analog or digital circuits; bipolar modeling and simulation; device physics; power devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, 2006
  • Conference_Location
    Maastricht
  • ISSN
    1088-9299
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0458-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1088-9299
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BIPOL.2006.311140
  • Filename
    4100208