nschutten
Member level 3
Hi ESDSolutions,
I was wondering about the following: when reading about ESD, it is usually about protecting the gate of the transistor. But how about the drain/source connections (e.g. the connections of a power switching transistor)? Wouldn't the voltage at the drain/source connections go to the channel, which then (assuming the gate voltage is not affected by ESD) would result in the same effect (with only sign reversal) as when the gate would have the ESD event and the drain/source unaffected?
Many thanks in advance to anyone who can help clarify this for me!
I was wondering about the following: when reading about ESD, it is usually about protecting the gate of the transistor. But how about the drain/source connections (e.g. the connections of a power switching transistor)? Wouldn't the voltage at the drain/source connections go to the channel, which then (assuming the gate voltage is not affected by ESD) would result in the same effect (with only sign reversal) as when the gate would have the ESD event and the drain/source unaffected?
Many thanks in advance to anyone who can help clarify this for me!