Basic Research on Low Voltage Electrostatic Discharge Phenomena

Low voltage electrostatic discharge phenomena are experimentally examined through wet-type and dry type relays as high speed switch. If the condenser is charged less than 10 V, the discharge resistance is small and damping is not so large. If the gap is exposed to air, the reproducibility decreases. At higher charging voltage more than 50 V, the reproducibility is well and serial resistance is pretty high which may be caused by the discharge.