Doctoral Dissertations

Keywords and Phrases

Electrostatic Discharge; Soft Failure; System Reliability

Abstract

"This research covers the topic of developing a systematic methodology of studying electrostatic discharge (ESD)-induced soft failures. ESD-induced soft failures (SF) are non-destructive disruptions of the functionality of an electronic system. The soft failure robustness of a USB3 Gen 1 interface is investigated, modeled, and improved. The injection is performed directly using transmission line pulser (TLP) with varying: pulse width, amplitude, polarity. Characterization provides data for failure thresholds and a SPICE circuit model that describes the transient voltage and current at the victim. Using the injected current, the likelihood of a SF is predicted. ESD protection by transient voltage suppressor (TVS) diodes is numerically simulated in several configurations. The results strongly suggest the viability of using well-established hard failure mitigation techniques for improving SF robustness, and the possibility of using numerical simulation for optimization purposes. A concept of soft failure system efficient ESD design (SF-SEED) is proposed and shown to be effective"--Abstract, page iv.

Advisor(s)

Kim, DongHyun

Committee Member(s)

Gossner, Harald
Beetner, Daryl G.
Hwang, Chulsoon
Khilkevich, Victor

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Degree Name

Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering

Comments

The material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation, Grant IIP-1440110.

Research Center/Lab(s)

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Laboratory

Publisher

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Publication Date

Spring 2020

Journal article titles appearing in thesis/dissertation

  • IC Pin Modeling and Mitigation of ESD-induced Soft Failures
  • Pin Specific ESD Soft Failure Characterization Using a Fully Automated Set-up
  • Latch-up Detection During ESD Soft Failure Characterization Using an On-Die Power Sensor

Pagination

xii, 76 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographic references.

Rights

© 2020 Giorgi Maghlakelidze, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Dissertation - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Thesis Number

T 11882

Electronic OCLC #

1300808102

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