{"title":"ESD evaluation of tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) devices","authors":"A. Wallash, J. Hillman, Dexin Wang","doi":"10.1109/EOSESD.2000.890118","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In this work, we study and compare the dielectric breakdown and human body model electrostatic discharge (ESD) failure levels of tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) sensors. An equivalent circuit for the TMR device is developed and used in SPICE circuit simulations to study its response to electrostatic discharge. Dielectric breakdown averaged 2.3 V and ESD testing showed device shorting at 8.6 V HBM.","PeriodicalId":332394,"journal":{"name":"Electrical Overstress/Electrostatic Discharge Symposium Proceedings 2000 (IEEE Cat. No.00TH8476)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2000-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Electrical Overstress/Electrostatic Discharge Symposium Proceedings 2000 (IEEE Cat. No.00TH8476)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EOSESD.2000.890118","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In this work, we study and compare the dielectric breakdown and human body model electrostatic discharge (ESD) failure levels of tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) sensors. An equivalent circuit for the TMR device is developed and used in SPICE circuit simulations to study its response to electrostatic discharge. Dielectric breakdown averaged 2.3 V and ESD testing showed device shorting at 8.6 V HBM.