Interactions of electrostatic discharge with the human body

Author

Okoniewska, E. ; Stuchly, M.A. ; Okoniewski, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Victoria, BC, Canada

Volume

52

Issue

8

fYear

2004

Firstpage

2030

Lastpage

2039

Abstract

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) pulses comprise frequencies up to approximately 1 GHz. These pulses have been reported to be associated with health effects. Human exposure standards also set limits on the specific absorption (SA) in tissue. Electric fields and SA are computed using the finite-difference time-domain method and heterogeneous model of the human body. The average SA values in all organs and tissues are below the limits in the IEEE Standard for typical and realistically high ESD pulses.

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; biological effects of fields; biological organs; biological tissues; electrostatic discharge; finite difference time-domain analysis; IEEE Standard; electrostatic discharge interaction; electrostatic discharge pulses; finite-difference time-domain method; health effects; heterogeneous model; human body; human exposure standard; specific absorption; Absorption; Biological system modeling; Breakdown voltage; Electrostatic discharge; Finite difference methods; Frequency; Humans; Shape; Sparks; Time domain analysis; ESD; Electrostatic discharge; FDTD; SA; finite difference time domain; human body; specific absorption;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMTT.2004.831971

Filename

1318801