ROME, NY – The ESDA’s annual EOS/ESD symposium will take place at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, CA, Sept. 16 – 21. 

This year’s featured plenary speaker, Allan Johnston, principal engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will present Space Radiation in Advanced Semiconductor Devices on Sept. 18.

More than 30 tutorials will include topics such as ESD basics for program manager, ESD on-chip protection in advanced and RF technologies, air ionization, EOS/ESD failure models and mechanisms, in-plant ESD survey and evaluation measurements, CDM design and characterization, and more. Also offered is the two-day S20.20 seminar on developing and implementing an ESD control program.

New tutorials include ESD Circuits, ESD Ignition & Fires, Methodologies for Determining the Impact of Static Control Methods, Perfect ESD Storm, Advanced Topics in TLP Testing, Electrical Fields – Practical Considerations for the Factory, Electrostatic Attraction, Automated Handling Processes, and Advanced ESD/EMI/EOS Auditing Techniques.

More than 50 technical sessions from international authors will address such issues as device testing, ESD-RF design considerations, factory/materials, system-level testing, and more.

Ten workshops will be offered, including ESD Control and Design for Extremely Sensitive Devices, Cleanrooms ESD Ionization Guidelines and Considerations, Future of ESD Standards and System Test, and Protecting High Frequency Circuits.

Credit can be earned during tutorials for ESD Certified Professional-Device/Design and ESD Certified Professional-Program Manager; these tests will be offered during the symposium. Visit www.esda.org/certification.html for more information.

The symposium includes an exhibition, a welcome reception, an awards breakfast, a professional and technical women’s reception, an attendee lunch, and the ESD Association annual meeting and luncheon.

The deadline for early registration is July 27. For symposium registration information and to download a complete symposium program, visit www.esda.org/symposia.html.