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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
May. 01, 2009
Gianluca Boselli, Plano, TX (US);
Jonathan S. Brodsky, Richardson, TX (US);
John E. Kunz, Jr., Allen, TX (US);
Gianluca Boselli, Plano, TX (US);
Jonathan S. Brodsky, Richardson, TX (US);
John E. Kunz, Jr., Allen, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A modeler for components of an IC under ESD conditions, a method of simulating ESD behavior of an IC and an ESD simulation system. In one embodiment, the modeler includes: (1) a circuit analyzer configured to provide identified ESD cells and circuitry of the IC by comparing component information of the IC with predefined ESD protection elements and predefined circuit topologies and (2) a model generator configured to create linearized models of the identified ESD cells and the identified circuitry based on physical attributes associated with the identified ESD cells and the identified circuitry, wherein a combination of the linearized models represent operation of the IC component under ESD conditions.