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Electrostatic discharge (ESD) costs the semiconductor industry over $4 billion (USD) a year. This problem is likely to grow in the future as smaller devices are susceptible to damage at lower static voltages and latchup under more subtle conditions. Today, circuit designers and process integration engineers must have a fundamental knowledge of device physics and electrothermal behavior of I/O structures in order to develop a process that is robust and can withstand the challenges of today's varied IC fielding environments. Layout, ESD pulse behavior, semiconductor physics, and device modeling are all required to produce a successful product. The industry needs competent engineers and scientists to help achieve these goals. ESD Design and Technology is a 3-day course that offers detailed instruction on a variety of subjects pertaining to ESD design and technology. This course is designed for every manager, engineer, and technician concerned with ESD at the I/O design or chip level or supplying ESD tools and simulators to the industry.
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The approach of this 3-day intensive ESD Design and Technology training is to teach attendees to develop their own solutions rather than applying pre-defined design receipts. The training is aimed to develop a good understanding about:
Participants learn to develop the skills to determine what constitutes a good ESD design, how to recognize devices that can reduce ESD susceptibility, and how to design new ESD structures for a variety of technologies.
This volume is the first in a series of three books addressing Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) physics, devices, circuits and design across the full range of integrated circuit technologies. ESD Physics and Devices provides a concise treatment of the ESD phenomenon and the physics of devices operating under ESD conditions. Steven Voldman presents an accessible introduction to the field for engineers and researchers requiring a solid grounding in this important area. The book contains advanced CMOS, Silicon On Insulator, Silicon Germanium, and Silicon Germanium Carbon. In addition it also addresses ESD in advanced CMOS with discussions on shallow trench isolation (STI), Copper and Low K materials.
An invaluable reference for EMC non-specialist engineers and researchers working in the fields of IC and transistor design. Also, suitable for researchers and advanced students in the fields of device/circuit modelling and semiconductor reliability.
The scaling of semiconductor devices from sub-micron to nanometer dimensions is driving the need for understanding the design of electrostatic discharge (ESD) circuits, and the response of these integrated circuits (IC) to ESD phenomena.
ESD Circuits and Devices provides a clear insight into the layout and design of circuitry for protection against electrical overstress (EOS) and ESD. With an emphasis on examples, this text:
Continuing Steven Voldman's series of books on ESD, this book will be an invaluable reference for the professional semiconductor chip and system ESD engineer. Semiconductor device and process development, quality, reliability and failure analysis engineers will also find it an essential tool. In addition, both senior undergraduate and graduate students in microelectronics and IC design will find its numerous examples useful.
By using a combination of instruction by lecture, written text material, problem solving and question/answer sessions, participants will learn practical approaches to the failure analysis process. From the very first moments of the seminar until the last sentence of the training, the driving instructional factor is application. Our instructors are internationally recognized experts in their fields and have years of both current and relevant experience. The textbooks offer hundreds of pages of additional reference material participants can apply during their daily activities.
Dr. Steven H. Voldman is the first IEEE Fellow in the field of electrostatic discharge protection in semiconductor chips. His IEEE Fellow citation is for "contributions in ESD protection in CMOS, Silicon On Insulator and Silicon Germanium Technology." He received his B.S. in Eng. Science from Univ. of Buffalo (1979); a first M.S. EE (1981) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); a second degree EE Degree (Engineer Degree) from MIT; a MS Eng. Physics (1986) and a Ph.D EE (1991) from Univ. of Vermont under IBM's Resident Study Fellow program. Dr. Voldman was a member of the semiconductor development of IBM for 25 years. He was a member of the IBM's Bipolar SRAM, CMOS DRAM, CMOS logic, Silicon on Insulator (SOI), BiCMOS and Silicon Germanium, RF CMOS, RF SOI, smart power technology development and image processing technology teams. In 2007, Voldman joined the Qimonda Corporation as a member of the DRAM development team, and reporting to Qimonda Europe working on 70, 58, 48 and 32 nm CMOS DRAM technology. He was responsible for ESD technology strategy, ESD and latchup design manuals, and ESD design working on ESD protection in 512 Mb, 1 Gigabit, and 2 Gigabit DRAM products. In 2008, Voldman worked as a full time ESD consultant for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC) supporting ESD and latchup development for 45 nm CMOS technology and a member of the TSMC Standard Cell Development team in Hsinchu, Taiwan. In 2009 to 2011, Steve was a Senior Principal Engineer working for the Intersil Corporation working on analog, power, and RF applications in RF CMOS, RF Silicon Germanium, and SOI. In Intersil Corporation, Steve was responsible for ESD corporate strategy, ESD CAD development, ESD parameterized cell development, latchup, documentation development, ESD design reviews, and wide range of product development in analog, power, and mixed signal applications.
Dr. Voldman was chairman of the SEMATECH ESD Working Group, to establish a national strategy for ESD in the United States; this group initiated ESD technology benchmarking strategy, test structures and commercial test system strategy. At SEMATECH, he was responsible for establishing collaboration between the ESD Association and the JEDEC standards development, as well as launching the first TLP standard working group. He is a member of the ESD Association Board of Directors, ESDA Education Committee, as well ESD Standards Chairman for TLP and VF-TLP testing. Dr. Voldman was also the first chairman of the ESDA ESD Technology Roadmap committee and co-established the ESD Technology Roadmap in 2005. In 2005, he was the Subcommittee Chairman for both the Latchup Sub-committee for the International Reliability Physics (IRPS) and the EOS/ESD Symposium, the ESD Chairman for the International Physical and Failure Analysis (IPFA) Symposium, and presently serving on the technical program committees for the Taiwan ESD Conference (T-ESDC) 2010 in Taiwan, and ICSICT 2010 in China. Steve has provided tutorials on ESD, latchup, failure mechanisms, and RF ESD devices to the IRPS, EOS/ESD, T-ESDC, BCTM, IPFA, ASICON (China), and ICSICT (China). He was the recipient of the ESD Association Outstanding Contribution Award in 2007.
Dr. Voldman is an author of the six books ESD: Physics and Devices, ESD:Circuits and Devices, ESD: Radio Frequency (RF) Technology and Circuits, Latchup, and ESD: Failure Mechanisms and Models, ESD: Design and Synthesis as well as a contributor to the book Silicon Germanium: Technology, Modeling and Design, and a chapter contributor to new text Nanoelectronics: Nanowires, Molecular Electronics, and Nano-devices. In 2011, Dr. Voldman is presently writing new ESD text books to extend the John Wiley and Sons Ltd ESD book series to be released at a future date.
In the ESD Association, Voldman initiated the "ESD on Campus" program which was established to bring ESD lectures and interaction to university faculty and students internationally; the ESD on Campus program has reached over 35 universities in the United States, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and China. He also provides tutorials internationally on ESD protection. Dr. Voldman has written over 150 technical papers between 1982 and 2007. He is a recipient of over 215 issued US patents. Steven Voldman provides tutorials and lectures on inventions, innovations, and patents; and has also founded a limited liability corporation (LLC) consulting business supporting ESD design, teaching, patents and patent litigation. S. Voldman served as the ESD expert witness for Acer vs Hewlett Packard, as well as other patent litigation cases.