Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Electromagnetic Compatibility, 1991. Symposium Record., IEEE 1991 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Cherry Hill, NJ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0158-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISEMC.1991.148232
