HBM or CDM ESD Verification – You Need Both

HBM or CDM ESD Verification – You Need Both
by Tom Simon on 07-11-2019 at 11:00 am

In the realm of ESD protection, Charged Device Model (CDM) is becoming the biggest challenge. Of course, Human Body Model (HBM) is still essential, and needs to be used when verifying chips. However, a number of factors are raising the potential losses that CDM events can cause relative to HBM. These factors fall into two categories:… Read More


Verifying ESD Fixes Faster with Incremental Analysis

Verifying ESD Fixes Faster with Incremental Analysis
by Tom Simon on 08-23-2018 at 12:00 pm

The author of this article, Dündar Dumlugöl, is CEO of Magwel. He has 25 years of experience in EDA managing the development of leading products used for circuit simulation and high-level system design.

Every designer knows how tedious it can be to shuttle back and forth between their layout tool and analysis tools. Every time an… Read More