ESD Physics and Devices

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. 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 address.

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ESD; Contents; About the Author; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Electrostatics and Electrothermal Physics; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 A Time Constant Approach; 1.2.1 ESD Time Constants; 1.2.2 Time Constant Hierarchy; 1.2.3 Thermal Time Constant; 1.2.4 Thermal Diffusion; 1.2.5 Adiabatic, Thermal Diffusion Time Scale and Steady State; 1.2.6 Electroquasistatics and Magnetoquasistatics; 1.3 Instability; 1.3.1 Electrical Instability; 1.3.2 Electrothermal Instability; 1.3.3 Spatial Instability and Current Constriction; 1.4 Breakdown; 1.4.1 Paschen's Breakdown Theory; 1.4.2 Townsend's Concept

1.4.3 Toepler's Law1.5 Avalanche Breakdown; 1.5.1 Breakdown in Air; 1.5.2 Air Breakdown and Peak Currents; 1.5.3 Air Breakdown and Rise Times; 1.5.4 Mesoplasmas and Microplasmas; 1.5.5 Mesoplasma Phenomena; Problems; References; 2 Electrothermal Methods and ESD Models; 2.1 Electrothermal Methods; 2.1.1 Green's Function and Method of Images; 2.1.2 Integral Transforms of the Heat Conduction Equation; 2.1.3 Flux Potential Transfer Relations Matrix Methodology; 2.1.4 Heat Equation with Variable Conductivity; 2.1.5 Duhamel Formulation; 2.2 Electrothermal Models; 2.2.1 Tasca Model

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