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Esd Event Locator, Syed Abrar Ul Huq
Esd Event Locator, Syed Abrar Ul Huq
Masters Theses
"Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) presents one of the most common threats to electronic systems especially in the cases of high-speed digital systems. ESD event locator systems have been designed to determine the location of the source of the ESD event using different techniques. One such method of determining the origin of the ESD event, is the use of four antennas and a high-speed Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) system to capture the ESD events.
This thesis presents such an implementation which deals with the design of an analog front-end to a fast TI LM97600 ADC and a Virtex-5 Field-Programmable Gated Array …
On-Die Sensors For Transient Events, Mihir Vimal Suchak
On-Die Sensors For Transient Events, Mihir Vimal Suchak
Masters Theses
"Failures caused by transient electromagnetic events like Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) are a major concern for embedded systems. The component often failing is an integrated circuit (IC). Determining which IC is affected in a multi-device system is a challenging task. Debugging errors often requires sophisticated lab setups which require intentionally disturbing and probing various parts of the system which might not be easily accessible. Opening the system and adding probes may change its response to the transient event, which further compounds the problem.
On-die transient event sensors were developed that require relatively little area on die, making them inexpensive, they consume …