EDN

Keeping leakage current under control

As process technologies progress from 0.18 microns to 130 nanometers, it is no longer sufficient to achieve closure on timing, IR drop, and signal integrity. At 130 nm, leakage current becomes a ...
Electronic Design

Characterizing Leakage Current of High-Voltage Semiconductor Devices

Growing concerns about energy efficiency have led to the development of electronics with higher power density. In grid-connected and industrial applications, such as AC motor control, uninterruptible ...
EDN

Achieve femtoampere leakage in surface-mount op-amp layouts

The input currents of CMOS operational amplifiers are low enough for use in electrometric circuits (Reference 1), but the leakage currents of IC packages and PC boards in such circuits make necessary ...
Electronic Design

EMC Filters Minimize Earth Leakage Currents

The EPCOS LeaXield TM active filter module from TDK Corp. helps minimize earth leakage currents in power drive systems with frequency converters. Leakage current can cause RCDs (residual current ...
T&D

Technology Prevents Utility Pole Fires by Locating Hard-to-Find Current Leakage

Each year in the United States, there are thousands of incidents of utility poles catching fire and causing damage. Crossarms break. Equipment falls to the ground. Sometimes the entire pole catches ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Benefits Of The Ultra-Low Leakage Currents from IGZO TFTs For Neuromorphic Applications

A new technical paper titled “A tunable multi-timescale Indium-Gallium-Zinc-Oxide thin-film transistor neuron towards hybrid solutions for spiking neuromorphic applications” was published by ...