Questions about plasma in ICs

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About the topic of ESD, why does the plasma occur when snap-back ?

Isn't the plasma a kind of partially ionized gas ?

Why is there gas inside IC ??

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Re: Plasma in IC

gas inside package is probably from high temperature rise from esd "spark"

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gas inside package is probably from high temperature rise made by esd "spark"
 

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