Sh. Voldman et al., ANALYSIS OF SNUBBER-CLAMPED DIODE-STRING MIXED VOLTAGE INTERFACE ESD PROTECTION NETWORK FOR ADVANCED MICROPROCESSORS (REPRINTED FROM ELECTRICAL OVERSTRESS ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS, 1995), Journal of electrostatics, 38(1-2), 1996, pp. 3-31
A novel snubber-clamped diode-string ESD protection circuit for mixed
voltage interface microprocessor applications is described. Analytical
models, circuit simulation, electrical characterization, ESD electrot
hermal simulation, and ESD test data, will be shown for shallow trench
isolation (STI) and LOCOS CMOS technologies.