Calibration of electrostatic discharge generators and results of an international comparison

Author

Hilty, K. ; Ryser, H. ; Hermann, U.

Author_Institution

Swiss Fed. Office of Metrol., Bern-Wabern, Switzerland

fYear

2000

fDate

14-19 May 2000

Firstpage

502

Lastpage

503

Abstract

Electrostatic discharge generators are widely used for testing various equipment with any kind of man-machine interface. The calibration of ESD-generators causes a number of problems such as: the target and the cable set which have a frequency dependent transfer characteristic, the measurement system of large bandwidth etc. A procedure is presented that enables the characterisation of the measurement system and a method is described which allows the correction of the data for the transmission characteristics. Results of an international comparison of ESD-generator calibrations are presented.

Keywords

calibration; electromagnetic compatibility; electrostatic discharge; pulse generators; EMC testing; ESD generator calibration; ESD pulses; data correction; electrostatic discharge generators; international comparison; measurement system characterisation; transmission characteristics; Bandwidth; Calibration; Electromagnetic compatibility; Electrostatic discharge; IEC standards; Immunity testing; Legged locomotion; Pulse measurements; Pulse shaping methods; Transducers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 2000 Conference on

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW, Australia

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5744-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CPEM.2000.851103

Filename

851103