• DocumentCode
    1619020
  • Title

    Equipment ESD capability measurements

  • Author

    Steinman, Arnold

  • Author_Institution
    Electron. Workshop, Dangelmayer Assoc., Berkeley, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    There are no standards for establishing equipment capability to handle devices of known ESD sensitivity. Prior papers established that voltages on components correlate to CDM test voltages. But current in the discharge damages devices, not the voltage. This paper describes a procedure and test fixture for discharge current measurements in equipment to compare with discharges of CDM testing.
  • Keywords
    electric current measurement; electronic equipment testing; electrostatic discharge; CDM testing; ESD sensitivity; discharge current measurements; discharge damages devices; electrostatic discharge; equipment capability measurements; test fixture; Current measurement; Discharges (electric); Electrical resistance measurement; Electrostatic discharges; Fixtures; Standards; Voltage measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrical Overstress/Electrostatic Discharge Symposium (EOS/ESD), 2013 35th
  • Conference_Location
    Las Vegas, NV
  • ISSN
    0739-5159
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6635904