Conference paper Solving the problems with traditional Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR) approaches for ESD RCJ symposium Japan 2008 The Silicon Controlled Rectifier (‘SCR’) is widely used for ESD protection due to its superior performance and clamping capabilities. However, many believe that SCR based ESD protection is prone to latch‐up, competitive triggering, long development cycles and slow trigger speed. This paper provides an overview of the problems and corresponding design solutions available.