Study of picosecond rise time in human-generated ESD

Author

Podgorski, Andrew S. ; Dunn, John ; Yeo, Richard

Author_Institution

Inst. for inf. Technol., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

fYear

1991

fDate

12-16 Aug 1991

Firstpage

263

Lastpage

264

Abstract

Measurements of human-generated electrostatic discharge (ESD) were conducted during the Canadian winter under low humidity conditions. These measurements indicate the existence of ESD impulses with rise times shorter than 100 ps and peak current amplitude in excess of 50 A. The measuring system consisted of a current sensor with a calibrated bandwidth of 5 GHz and a TEK 7250 digitizer with numerically corrected bandwidth of 10 GHz. A bare hand, a blunt object (screwdriver), a sharp object (scriber), and a car key were used during the test

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; charge measurement; electrostatic discharge; 10 GHz; 100 ps; 5 GHz; 50 A; Canadian winter; ESD impulses; TEK 7250 digitizer; bare hand; blunt object; car key; current sensor; electrostatic discharge; human-generated ESD; low humidity conditions; picosecond rise time; screwdriver; scriber; sharp object; Councils; Current measurement; Electromagnetic measurements; Electrostatic discharge; Government; Humidity; Information technology; Lightning; Protection; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility, 1991. Symposium Record., IEEE 1991 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Cherry Hill, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0158-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEMC.1991.148232

Filename

148232