Eric Tsai is Co-Founder and CEO of Mivium, Inc., a US-based materials technology company in Fremont, California developing submicron gallium nitride powder and related wide bandgap materials. He co-founded Mivium in 2022 after a career building and scaling consumer businesses, most recently as Vice President of Marketing… Read More
The electrostatic discharge that occurs in lightening, as seen in the picture below, can cause serious damage to the objects on the ground. Over centuries mankind has devised ways, such as lighting rods and arresters, to deflect the energy so it is dissipated harmlessly. The same drama plays out on modern semiconductors due to … Read More
Almost anyone that is active in IC design will be “in touch” with Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) at some time (pun intended). Preventing ESD related IC failures remains something like black magic—at least it’s easy to get that feeling when you are trying to debug ESD failures. I/O and ESD layouts that resulted in excellent robustness… Read More
