Calibration of electrostatic discharge generators and results of an international comparison

Author

Hilty, Kurt ; Ryser, Heinrich ; Herrmann, Ulrich

Author_Institution

Swiss Fed. Office of Metrol., Bern, Switzerland

Volume

50

Issue

2

fYear

2001

fDate

4/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

414

Lastpage

418

Abstract

Electrostatic discharge generators are widely used for testing various equipment with any kind of man-machine interface. The calibration of ESD generators presents a number of problems such as those arising from a standard which is not precisely enough defined, and broadband measurement systems which are frequency dependent. A procedure to characterize the measurement system is presented, and a method is described which allows the correction of the data for the transmission characteristics. The results of an international comparison of ESD-generator calibrations are also presented

Keywords

IEC standards; calibration; electric current measurement; electromagnetic compatibility; electronic equipment testing; electrostatic discharge; EMC testing; IEC standard; calibration; current transducer; data correction; electrostatic discharge generators; frequency response correction; international comparison; transfer impedance; uncertainty calculation; Bandwidth; Calibration; Electrostatic discharge; Electrostatic measurements; IEC standards; Immunity testing; Pulse generation; Shape; System testing; Transducers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.918155

Filename

918155