DocumentCode
646798
Title
The application of spark gaps on audio jack for ESD protection
Author
Jing Li ; Jun Fan ; Pommerenke, David
Author_Institution
EMC Lab., Missouri Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Rolla, MO, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
5-9 Aug. 2013
Firstpage
787
Lastpage
791
Abstract
ESD strikes can be suppressed by placing ESD protection devices along ESD current paths. As primary ESD protection on PCBs, spark gaps are cheap and take little space, but the breakdown voltage is not low enough and the lag time can be too long to protect the circuit. The effect of adding carbon and non linear polymers to the spark gap is investigated in this paper.
Keywords
electric breakdown; electric connectors; electrostatic discharge; polymers; printed circuits; spark gaps; ESD current path; ESD protection device; PCB; audio jack; breakdown voltage; circuit protection; electrostatic discharge; nonlinear polymer; spark gap; Breakdown voltage; Electrostatic discharges; Integrated circuits; Spark gaps; Sparks; Voltage measurement; ESD protection; VSD; breakdown voltage; polymer; spark gaps; time lag;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), 2013 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Denver, CO
ISSN
2158-110X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-0408-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISEMC.2013.6670517
Filename
6670517
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