This presentation provides an introduction to common ESD failure mechanism in today's ICs and the challenges in addressing them. It will highlight PathFinder, a layout based ESD integrity analysis platform with an integrated modeling, extraction and simulation environment that enables IC designers perform exhaustive verification of all ESD discharge pathways at the IP and full-chip level. It will also share case study of some real life ESD failure scenarios and how PathFinder was used to root-cause them. It reviews the list of ESD checks that can be performed from early floor planning to final sign-off for ESD robustness and ESD failure prevention. Learn more on our website: https://bit.ly/1vRDycB