Patent ID: 6570388
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A method for determining a electrostatic discharge voltage derived from the transmission line pulse method, comprising the steps of:determining a resistance of an intrinsic resistor which is used in human body model, wherein said resistance of the intrinsic resistor is usually set equal to a constant; measuring a first electrostatic discharge voltage by the human body model test method; measuring a second breakdown trigger current by the transmission line pulse method; determining a parasitic series resistance by using a least square error solution method, wherein said parasitic series resistance is introduced to modify the relationship between the transmission line pulse method and the human body model test method; and determining a second electrostatic discharge voltage derived from the transmission line pulse method by multiplying said second breakdown trigger current by a sum of said resistance of the intrinsic resistor and said parasitic series resistance.