IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section
Spring Section Conference & Dinner
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 5pm – 9pm
Fairlane Center, University of Michigan – Dearborn
CHAPTER VIII Electromagnetic Compatibility Speaker
“Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Critical Reliability Issue”
Cyrous.Rostamzadeh
Robert Bosch LLC
Abstract:
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) has become one of the most critical reliability issues
in integrated circuits. Substantial number of IC failures is related to ESD.
Continuous scaling and the introduction of new device concepts and materials have
brought many new ESD challenges. Despite the strong need for understanding of
ESD phenomena, there has been a perception that ESD engineering is a ‘black art’;
ESD engineers used to provide solutions based on their experience without
fundamental understanding of failure mechanisms.
In today’s competitive markets, it is essential for EMC engineers to understand ESD fundamentals and
reduce design iterations thus minimizing product costs. For EMC engineers responsible for product
development and compliance, an in-depth understanding of the ESD is very important.
In this presentation, key ESD concepts due to human body model will be discussed and protection
mechanisms at the PCB level will be compared and contrasted. ESD phenomena involves electrical &
thermal transport on the scale of nanometers (nm), circuits and electronics on the scale of micrometers
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interest range from mA to 10’s of Amperes. Voltages range from Volts to kiloVolts (kV). Temperatures vary
from room temperature to melting temperatures of 1000’s 0K. EMC engineers must recognize ESD event
physics and all its implications, particularly during the first 10 nsec.
Biography:
Cyrous Rostamzadeh is currently an EMC Technical Specialist at Robert Bosch LLC, Plymouth – Michigan,
where he has implemented an EMC design and analysis process to facilitate product compliance at the
lower cost. Since 1997 at Bosch, he is engaged in PCB and system level EMC robustness techniques and
solutions. He is responsible to provide product design support and EMC interface to NA automotive market.
During past 11 years at Bosch, he has played key roles in the design and development of EMC, signal
integrity solutions for NA market.
Cyrous received a B.Sc. in Physics from Imperial College, University of London (England) and MS in
Electrical Engineering in 1980. Cyrous is an associate of the Royal College of Science (England). Cyrous
attended MIT (summer 1990) on the design of 1100 MIIT SSCL Quench Bypass Switch. Cyrous attended
Stanford University, Particle Accelerator Physics graduate school (summer 1992). He is a senior IEEE
member, NARTE certified EMC and Product Safety Engineer. He is an active member of IEEE EMC TC-9
Computational Electromagnetics committee. He has given numerous EMC seminars and training courses to
Bosch engineering associates. He has published extensively at IEEE EMC, IEEE PAC, URSI-GA and ASEE
symposiums
Evening Schedule:
4:30pm – 5:00pm Registration and Check-In
5:00pm – 5:45pm First half technical sessions, seven parallel sessions for chapter speaker
5:45pm – 6:00pm Vendor exhibition and networking
6:00pm – 6:45pm Second half technical sessions, seven parallel sessions for chapter speaker
6:45pm – 7:15pm Vendor exhibition and networking
7:30pm – 8:00pm Awards program during dinner
8:00pm – 9:00pm Keynote speaker