Study of sacrificial electrode with fractal concept on SAW pattern for ESD protection using FDTD

Author

Lin, Kuan-Yu ; Lin, Ken-Huang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Volume

16

Issue

5

fYear

2006

fDate

5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

311

Lastpage

313

Abstract

A novel sacrificial electrode with fractal to protect surface acoustic wave devices from electrostatic discharge (ESD) break is proposed. Finite difference time domain method and source model are carefully developed to simulate the ESD transient response. Compared with a traditional electrode,the simulation results show that fractal can improve the protective efficiency greatly.

Keywords

electrodes; electrostatic discharge; finite difference time-domain analysis; fractals; surface acoustic wave devices; transient response; ESD protection; ESD transient response; FDTD method; SAW pattern; electrostatic discharge; finite difference time domain; fractal; sacrificial electrode; surface acoustic wave devices; Acoustic waves; Electrodes; Electrostatic discharge; Finite difference methods; Fractals; Protection; Surface acoustic wave devices; Surface acoustic waves; Surface discharges; Time domain analysis; Electrostatic discharge (ESD); finite difference time domain (FDTD); fractal; surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1531-1309

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LMWC.2006.873462

Filename

1626271