ESD characteristics of a three-body system including a ground plane

Author

Greason, William D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada

Volume

28

Issue

4

fYear

1992

Firstpage

748

Lastpage

754

Abstract

Capacitance coefficients are measured for a system of three conductors positioned above a horizontal ground plane. The system is used to model the approach of a charged floating conductor (the human body) to a two-conductor system (the electronic system under test) in which either or both conductors are floating or one is grounded. Body potentials and energies are calculated for various source/sink geometries and ground plane separations; both main and second discharge conditions are analyzed. The results, which are based on the measurement of system capacitance coefficients, provide a better understanding of the basic ESD characteristics of the three-body problem. The information can be applied in the design of electronic systems and is of use in the simulation and analysis of the ESD event

Keywords

conductors (electric); electrostatic discharge; ESD characteristics; body energies; body potentials; capacitance coefficients; charged floating conductor; conductors; electronic system; electronic systems; electrostatic discharge; ground plane; horizontal ground plane; human body; source/sink geometries; three-body system; two-conductor system; Biological system modeling; Capacitance measurement; Conductors; Electronic equipment testing; Electrostatic discharge; Fault location; Geometry; Humans; Position measurement; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-9994

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/28.148438

Filename

148438