Circuit and numerical modeling of electrostatic discharge generators

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1350-1357

  Caniggia, Spartaco ^a   Maradei, Francescaromana ^b  

^a University of Rome La Sapienza ^*  (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC); Electromagnetic interference (EMI); Electrostatic discharge (ESD); ESD generator; Immunity; Numerical modeling; Numerical simulations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE; FINITE-INTEGRATION TECHNIQUE; NUMERICAL-CODE MICROWAVE STUDIO;

ELECTROSTATIC GENERATORS;

EID: 37849186512     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2006.882686     Document Type: Article

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