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ESD and latch-up reliability for nanometer CMOS technologies

Duvvury et al., 2004

Document ID
12427424117713623983
Author
Duvvury C
Boselli G
Publication year
Publication venue
IEDM Technical Digest. IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, 2004.

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Considerable research during the 80's and 90's laid the foundation for a deeper understanding of the ESD high current device physics and the subsequent protection design techniques required to achieve ESD reliability for numerous applications (Amerasekera and …
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