Modeling of temperature rise in giant magnetoresistive (GMR) sensor during an electrostatic discharge (ESD) event

Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference

Volumn 2003, Issue , 2003, Pages 83-88

  Yang, Yizhang ^a   Sadeghipour, Sadegh M ^a   Asheghi, Mehdi ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROSTATICS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESISTORS; SIMULATORS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGES (ESD); GIANT MAGNETORESISTIVE (GMR) SENSORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 1842730227     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ht2003-47266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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