Category: BCD technology

• Automotive BCD BCD technology ESD protection High ESD or IEC 61000-4-2 robustness High voltage tolerance IEC 61000-4-2 Latch-up immunity LIN transceiver PhyStar PowerQubic System Basic Chips

  New opportunities for automotive LIN interfaces

  Due to the semiconductor shortage in 2021 everyone realized that cars these days integrate a lot of electronics. The average number of computer chips per car has increased a lot in the last decade. It is clear that the new applications require high-speed interconnects that are not possible with the…

  July 1, 2022
• BCD technology ESD design window ESD devices ESD protection ESD protection approaches ESD testing

  Time to say farewell to the snapback ggNMOS for ESD protection

  For many years, IC designers coult count on the snapback behaviour of the ggNMOS device for ESD protection in mature CMOS nodes (180nm and below). However, for more advanced CMOS, FinFET, SOI and high voltage processes there are serious drawbacks.

  February 2, 2022
• BCD technology ESD devices ESD protection ESD protection approaches High Voltage PowerQubic Zener

  ESD clamps for high voltage, BCD processes

  Some applications really need high voltage interfaces and circuits. Think about power management and power conversion chips, automotive electronics for engine control, LCD or OLED display driver chips, motor driver electronics and industrial applications. These high voltage applications require other ESD protection clamps compared to the clamps used for protection…

  November 23, 2021