EDN

ESD protection chip supports HDMI 1.3 spec

Santa Clara, Calif. OnChip Devices, Inc. claims it offers the industry's lowest capacitance electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection chip to support the HDMI 1.3 specification. The highly integrated ...
Electronic Design

A Venerable ESD Packaging Spec Gets New Life

Since the 1980s, static-protective packaging has been classified and tested by EIA-541-1988 and its predecessor, IS5A. This first effort to encompass all types of ESD-protective packaging classified ...
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 ...
Electronic Design

Save Your ICs from Dreaded ESD

Whether you’re designing integrated circuits, equipment, or systems, you absolutely must provide protection from electrostatic discharge (ESD). ESD is a common problem in most environments. Product ...
EDN

ESD protection chip supports HDMI 1.3 specification

Eindhoven, The Netherlands—Royal Philips Electronics has launched what it claims is the first ESD protection chip to support the recently released HDMI 1.3 specification. The IP4776CZ38 delivers up to ...