ESD protection is critical to prevent damage to our ICs.
Development of GaAs Solid State Device Model for High Power Applications
http://books.google.ca/books?id=bHuMVAmQPocC&lpg=PA145&ots=sz4stuBEbj&dq=solid%20state%20lightening&pg=PA145#v=onepage&q=solid%20state%20lightening&f=false
http://www.eet.bme.hu/~bognar/rfic/ESD.pdf
http://www.fainstruments.com/PDF/rel98a.PDF
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.116.4397&rep=rep1&type=pdf