Overview

Barth Electronics, Inc. is known for designing and manufacturing state-of-the-art, fast-pulse, high-voltage measurement hardware since 1964.
BEI's first high voltage pulse instrumentation hardware was designed for underground nuclear testing, which taught them much about reliable wideband HV attenuators. These "special" products have become "standards" and are used every day for reliable pulse measurements in physics and pulsed power laboratories around the world. The instrumentation advances developed as high voltage pulse technology evolved and are consistently faster than previously generated pulses.

History

Barth Electronics, Inc. spent its first 12 years developing in Cleveland, Ohio and in 1976 moved to southern Nevada to be closer to EG&G, Inc. who at the time purchased 95% of their products. EG&G, Inc. provides very specialized instrumentation at the Nevada Test Site for underground nuclear testing. Barth Electronics, Inc. designs and manufactures much of the high speed, high voltage diagnostic components for their instrumentation needs.

Transmission Line Pulse

TLP is a short pulse (50ns to 200ns) measurement of the current-voltage (I/V) characteristics of the ESD protection built into an integrated circuit. The short TLP pulses are used to simulate the short ESD pulse threats that the input-output (I/O) pins of and integrated circuit must withstand without damage being caused to the complex silicon structures.

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