ESD: RF Technology and Circuits
Chapter One
RF Design and ESD
1.1 FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF ESD DESIGN
As a design discipline, the electrostatic discharge (ESD) design discipline is distinct from
circuit design practices used in the development of semiconductor circuit design discipline.
Fundamental concepts and objectives exist in the ESD design of semiconductor
devices, circuits, and systems in methods, layout, and design synthesis. To address the radio
frequency (RF) ESD design discipline, we pose the following questions:
What is it that makes the ESD design discipline unique?
How is it distinct from standard circuit design practices?
How is RF ESD design discipline different from the RF design discipline?
How is RF ESD design discipline different from the digital ESD design discipline?
To address the first issue of the ESD design discipline, let us first address ... read full excerpt from Esd: RF Technology and Circuits ebook
