ESD full chip simulation: HBM and CDM requirements and simulation approach

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Abstract

Verification of ESD safety on full chip level is a major challenge for IC design. Especially phenomena with their origin in the overall product setup are posing a hurdle on the way to ESD safe products. For stress according to the Charged Device Model (CDM), a stumbling stone for a simulation based analysis is the complex current distribution among a huge number of internal nodes leading to hardly predictable voltage drops inside the circuits. This paper describes an methodology for Human Body Model (HBM) simulations with an improved ESD-failure coverage and a novel methodology to replace capacitive nodes within a resistive network by current sources for CDM simulation. This enables a highly efficient DC simulation clearly marking CDM relevant design weaknesses allowing for application of this software both during product development and for product verification. © Author(s) 2008.

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Franell, E., Drueen, S., Gossner, H., & Schmitt-Landsiedel, D. (2008). ESD full chip simulation: HBM and CDM requirements and simulation approach. Advances in Radio Science, 6, 245–251. https://doi.org/10.5194/ars-6-245-2008

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