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application/pdf en text Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-20 without embargo terms The student, Alec Wasowicz, accepted the attached license on 2025-07-23 at 18:36. The student, Alec Wasowicz, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2025-07-23 at 18:42. This Thesis was approved for publication on 2025-07-25 at 09:13. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #22718 on 2025-10-20 at 20:15:44 Mitigation of simultaneous switching noise by active rail clamps Wasowicz, Alec 2025-07-25 Rosenbaum, Elyse Simultaneous Switching Noise Electrostatic Discharge eng In integrated circuits with large amounts of digital switching, conditions may exist such that a significant amount of simultaneous switching noise (SSN) will be present. Low-speed products such as microcontrollers use less advanced packaging technologies, increasing the amplitude of the voltage excursions created by SSN. Overvoltages can lead to reliability issues that degrade transistor lifetime. This work investigates if the overvoltages due to SSN can be mitigated using rail clamp circuits developed for on-chip protection against electrostatic discharge (ESD). 2025-08 Text https://hdl.handle.net/2142/129987 Copyright 2025 Alec Wasowicz Electrical & Computer Eng Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign M.S. Thesis