EDN

On-chip ESD protection IP gaining traction

Electrostatic discharge (ESD), a latent and critical hazard to electronic products, has mostly been served by a 2-cent component that often triggers downtime and replacement costs. It also adds to the ...
EDN

ESD protection chip supports HDMI 1.3

Integrating high-level ESD protection, level-shifting for DDC channels, and HDMI backdrive protection, the IP4776CZ38 protection chip is the industry's first such part to support the HDMI 1.3 ...
Electronic Design

Chip Combines Audio Filtering And ESD Protection

Forecasting space savings up to 77% when compared discrete designs, the EMIF06-AUD01F2 integrates complete EMI filtering and ESD protection for stereo headset output and external/internal microphones ...
Business Wire

Apache Introduces PathFinder, the Industry’s First Full-chip ESD Physical Integrity Solution

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apache Design Solutions, the technology leader in power integrity and noise closure for chip-package-systems (CPS) convergence, today announced PathFinder™, a ...
Semiconductor Engineering

ESD Requirements Are Changing

Standards for specifying a chip’s ability to withstand electrostatic discharge (ESD) are changing – in some cases, getting tougher, and in others, easing up. ESD protection has been on a path from a ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Implementing ESD Protection In Today’s SoCs

As the semiconductor industry transitions to FinFETs, reliability challenges are increasing. ESD designers are challenged with new issues that would require significant rethinking and redesign of ...
Digi Times

Demand for ESD protection chips to surge as PCIe 4.0 goes mainstream

PCIe4.0 is expected to emerge as a mainstream transmission interface standard for diverse notebooks and desktops in 2022, providing significant growth opportunities for ESD (electrostatic discharge) ...
Electronic Design

Chips Offer ESD Protection For High-Speed Data Lines

Specializing in protecting sensitive electronic devices, data lines and PCs from electrostatic discharges (ESDs), the 0603ESDA SurgX surface-mount chips are bi-directional components, have very fast ...
Design-Reuse

Sofics Tapes Out Test Chip on TSMC 4nm Process with Novel ESD IP and Low-Power 1.8V and 3.3V GPIO Solutions

BELGIUM – October 21, 2025 – Sofics BV, a world leading solution provider specializing in physical layout and design, with a focus on the built-in robustness of integrated circuits that demand ...
Digi Times

Micro-packaging demand for ESD chips to grow robustly

ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection components have become increasingly crucial peripheral chips for handset and metaverse devices, spurring great demand for micro-packaging technology, according ...