In the second installment of this series, I went over the basics of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61000-4-2 rating for electrostatic discharge (ESD) diodes.

In the third installment of this series, I explored the importance of the clamping voltage of an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection diode.

Read part four of the ESD Fundamentals technical article series, "ESD fundamentals, part 4: ESD capacitance, where we go over the significance of the ESD protection diode’s capacitance.

In this final installment of the series, I’ll cover a few more important ESD parameters: reverse working voltage, breakdown voltage and polarity configuration.