Distributed electrostatic discharge protection for high-speed wireline receivers
Drallmeier, Matthew
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Description
Title
Distributed electrostatic discharge protection for high-speed wireline receivers
Author(s)
Drallmeier, Matthew
Issue Date
2025-02-27
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Rosenbaum, Elyse
Department of Study
Electrical & Computer Eng
Discipline
Electrical & Computer Engr
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
M.S.
Degree Level
Thesis
Keyword(s)
Electrostatic discharge (ESD)
charged device model (CDM)
human body model (HBM)
Abstract
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection is required at the high-speed input/output (IO) interfaces of integrated circuits (ICs) to ensure reliability, but it adds loading capacitance that hinders performance. This work investigates the performance and reliability implications of distributing the ESD protection into multiple segments separated by a discrete inductor, and it is found that distributed ESD protection is an advantageous from both performance and ESD reliability perspectives. Silicon test structures that implement distributed ESD protection are fabricated and measured to validate the analytic and simulation results.
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