Full wave model for simulating a Noiseken ESD generator

Abstract

A CST Microwave Studio model was generated to simulate the discharge current and the transient fi eld of an ESD generator. The ESD generator is conforming to the IEC 61000-4-2 standard. Individual components of the Noiseken ESD generator (ESS-2000) were modelled, validated and combined. The complete full wave model was verifi ed by comparing the simulated discharge current waveform and induced loop voltage with the measured results.

Design of Experiment (DOE) Analysis of System Level ESD Noise Coupling to High-Speed Memory Modules

“…To increase the robustness of the products against injected ESD noise, different experimental and full-wave numerical modeling techniques for system level ESD coupling analysis have been proposed in the literature. These include: failure analysis using susceptibility testing [5]; analysis of coupled ESD noise to DUT through time and frequency domain measurements [1,[10][11][12][13][14]; and full-wave EM simulation of DUT and ESD source [2,6,[15][16][17][18]. These reported techniques have limitations in terms of the requirement of the manufacturing of the DUT to perform susceptibility analysis [5], or the characterization of the coupled noise at victim positions for each different design configuration of the DUT [10][11][12][13][14]19].…”

“…The ESD analysis using full-wave EM simulation provides more insight into the ESD noise coupling paths across multiple layers unlike [5], and thus making it more appropriate for the fast and efficient analysis of ESD coupling to DUT, compared to only experimental techniques [1,5,6,[10][11][12][13][14]. The existing studies related to ESD coupling analysis using full-wave numerical modeling, are either for a simple transmission line, circular loop and mobile phone-based DUT s [16][17][18]21] or lacks in the methodology for the systematic assessment of the sensitive traces for a realistic complete high-speed memory module.…”