TM THRESHOLDVolume 32, No. 4 July/Aug 2016 2016 IEW - ESD Technology Mixed with Bavarian Fun! The 2016 IEW workshop was held at the Evangelische Akademie in Tutzing, Germany, and we continue to receive comments about its success. The workshop was attended by 87 people, making this one of the most popular locations for the IEW. The conference facilities made the event a wonderful experience, with a circular auditorium for talks that created both a relaxed and open environment for the speakers and attendees. The conference included poster sessions and presentations about several ESD related issues. Discussion Groups were quite popular and attendees actively participated. For this workshop there were several invited talks from industries including medical appliances and automotive. On Monday evening, attendees were entertained with Bavarian tradi- tions such as a particular form of dancing called ‘Schuhplattln’. On Wednesday, there was time for everyone to enjoy some of the local scenery. The IEW workshop is proving to be a popular event containing some valuable technical presentations, posters, tutorials, and discussions, while maintaining a relaxed and informal environment. If you would like to be a part of this rewarding event we invite you to join us next year at the 11th annual IEW workshop from May 7-11, 2017 at the Granlibakken Tahoe, Tahoe City, CA. In this issue IEW, page 1 Standards Virtual Meetings Series, page 10 From the President, page 2 Standards Sept Meetings Series, page 11 National Chiao-Tung Symposium on Demand, page 12 University, pages 3-5 Q & A, page 13 Symposium, pages 6-7 EOS/ESD Factory Symposium Finland, page 14 Corporate Sponsorship, page 8 Calendar, page 15 ESDA Spotlight, page 9 Photo Corner, page 16 THRESHOLDTM July/Aug 2016 From the President Volunteer and join the team! The ESD Association is successful because of its network of mem- bers who volunteer to carry out its mission and activities. Without volunteers, the ESD Association “Global Presence” could accomplish very little. If you are interested in becoming Furthermore, I would like to emphasize a volunteer please let us know or the fact that both events were held abroad, which brings a new level of organizational complete the survey at the link below. We are always eager to ESD Association President; challenges and great opportunities for Gianluca Boselli EOS/ESD Association growth as well. learn more about you and your volunteer interests. Information Dear EOS/ESD Association Volunteers & Language is the most obvious cultural about you, your skills, your talents, Friends of EOS/ESD Association, barrier. While IEW was organized in English (like any other international and your volunteer interests al- May was a very critical month in workshop), the regional tutorial classes lows us to best match our current showcasing EOS/ESD Association were given in English with Chinese volunteer needs to your skills and strategy (i.e. Achieve a global presence, translation. Yet, the regional tutorial was also provides a resource for further focus in new and emerging markets and highly interactive. opportunity. manufacturing areas, provide information and resources for solutions, become Event logistics (encompassing location, Volunteering can provide multiple local marketing, and currency) are another known, recruit and retain volunteers benefits to you and your company: through volunteer development.) at work. significant challenge with international • Network with other ESD profes- Two major international events were held: events, which can be managed only with a regional tutorial in Shenzhen (China) a strong foothold in the receiving location. sionals and industry experts. and the International ESD Workshop in This requires a strong volunteer network, Face-to-face interactions help Tutzing (Germany). without which none of the international your business. EOS/ESD Association events would even Both events were successful from the be conceivable. • Professional development, job attendees’ response perspective (over performance enhancement, em- 30 attendees in Shenzhen and over 80 That is why volunteers are at the very ployee motivation. attendees in Tutzing), a testament of their heart of the EOS/ESD Association: not • Opportunities to learn best excellent value proposition and of the only do they support the present state of outstanding work of the Marketing and the organization, but they drive its future practices, state of industry, and Education teams. as well. technology advances, forecasts of trends and technology roadmaps. Specifically, in terms of providing critical As usual, you can send me a message information and solutions, IEW was with a suggestion, an opportunity for • Opportunities to benchmark your heavily focused on present and future improvement, or a criticism any time and operation against practices of automotive requirements (note that rest assured I will regard it with respect. other companies. Automotive is the single largest growing We value and need your participation semiconductor business), whereas the within our association. regional tutorial emphasized ANSI/ESD www.esda.org/ S20.20, Class 0A Devices & Boards, and Gianluca Boselli volunteer-activities/ EOS in Manufacturing and Test (critical in volunteer-interest-survey/ manufacturing prominent countries). TREK, INC. ACL STATICIDE 190 Walnut Street, Lockport, NY USA 14094 840 W. 49th Place, Chicago, IL 60609 Tel: +1-716-438-7555 Fax: +1-716-201-1804 Tel: 847-981-9212 Fax: 847-981-9278 www.trekinc.com • [email protected] [email protected] • www.aclstaticide.com Designer and manufacturer of instrumentation and sensors for Manufacturer of anti-static topicals, dissipative coatings for plastic and floors, measuring surface voltage, ionizer performance, and surface resistivity ESD workstation products including meters. ISO 9001:2008 certified QS 2 THRESHOLDTM July/Aug 2016 Academia National Chiao-Tung University (NCTU), Hsinchu, Taiwan Institute of Electronics Professor Ming-Dou Ker for the past 16 years, even and also in mainland China. With when he was rotated to I-Shou such a long-lasting ESD course regu- University at Kaohsiung, he larly offered at NCTU along with the still taught this ESD course various invited ESD talks presented in the Institute of Electronics in area semiconductor companies, the at NCTU, to the graduated engineers in Taiwan IC Industry are Prof. Ker with his awards students (for Master and Ph.D. fortunate to learn high level concepts students) with up-dated materials year- and knowledge on ESD protection and ESD education and graduate research ly. The lecture notes of his ESD course latchup prevention. programs in universities have been have more than 600 slides, including growing all across the globe and their At NCTU, Prof. Ker is the only profes- the contents of ESD standards, ESD success has a huge impact in provid- sor actively doing research on ESD testing, TLP/VFTLP, process issues, ing excellent and well-prepared ESD protection and latchup prevention. In layout issues, SCR device variations, Engineers for the industry. In this is- Taiwan, there are three other profes- on-chip ESD circuit design, power-rail sue, we are very pleased to focus on sors who are also involved in major ESD clamp circuit, ESD protection for Taiwan with the National Chiao-Tung research on ESD topics, including: IC with multiple power domains, CDM University (NCTU) at the center stage. ESD protection design, ESD protec- (1) Prof. Chun-Yu Lin, Department This feature article on Prof. Ming-Dou tion design for Mixed-Voltage I/O, of Electrical Engineering, National Ker highlights his impressive ESD edu- ESD protection design for high-speed Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, cational service and research activities I/O and RF circuits, ESD protection in Taiwan. (Prof. CY Lin is one of gradu- for the last two decades. High-Voltage CMOS IC, system-level ated Ph.D. students from Prof. Ker.) Prof. Ming-Dou Ker began supervising ESD protection, latchup prevention (2) Prof. Shen-Li Chen, Department the Master and Ph.D. students on the in CMOS IC, and failure analysis of Electronic Engineering, National topic of reliability and quality design for techniques. Every year, more than United University, Miaoli, Taiwan. microelectronic circuits and systems 100 students take his at National NCTU in Hsinchu, Taiwan ESD class.. Besides, in 1999. In total, 80 Master Students the ESD course graduated, as well as 20 Ph.D. stu- taught at NCTU, Prof. dents graduated from the program Ker is often invited to since that year. Most (~80%) of the teach short courses students’ studies included topics on or tutorials with the ESD and latchup. Prof. Ker’s students selected ESD topics who graduated with Masters and Ph.D. by IC design houses degrees are the major source for ESD/ and semiconductor latchup engineers working in the companies local to Taiwan IC Industry. Taiwan. Prof. Ker’s Prof. Ker’s popular course, “ESD ESD course has Protection Design in CMOS Integrated been very famous in Circuits” has been taught every year Taiwan IC Industry Prof. Ker with his students in the ESD Laboratory of NCTU. Continued on page 4 MONROE ELECTRONICS CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS 100 Housel Avenue, Lyndonville, NY 14098 PO Box 779, Amherst, NH 03031 Tel: 585-765-2254 Fax: 585-765-9330 Tel:973-920-7000 Fax:603-672-3028 E-mail: [email protected] www.cemag.us [email protected] www.monroe-electronics.com Leading source of digital and print information on contamination Full line manufacturer of static measurement equipment prevention, detection, and control for cleanrooms and critical environments. 3 THRESHOLDTM July/Aug 2016 EOS/ESD Association National Chiao-Tung University (NCTU) continued Prof. Ker with Keynote Speaker (Dr. Charvaka Duvvury) and TPC Prof. Ker with the Speakers (Prof. Elyse Rosenbaum and Prof. Juin J. Liou) and the members in the 2015 Taiwan ESD and Reliability Conference. attendees in the 2015 Taiwan ESD Workshop. (3) Prof. Chih-Yao Huang, Department Co-Design of Highly Integrated Power Institute of Electrical Engineering, of Electronic Engineering, Chien-Hsin Analog IC’s” 2009.