Analysis of the charge/discharge processes for the basic ESD models

Author

Greason, William D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada

Volume

29

Issue

5

fYear

1993

Firstpage

887

Lastpage

896

Abstract

The human body model (HBM), charged device model (CDM) and field induced model (FIM) have been developed to simulate the electrostatic discharge (ESD) event. The charge/discharge processes for these models are analyzed using Maxwell´s technique and a sphere model. Body potentials, energies and the charge transfer during a discharge are calculated as functions of the charge on the source conductor and the capacitance coefficients for the conductors used. Approximate solutions for the HBM are proposed, and measurements made using a system of conductors and a ground plane are used to determine the accuracy of these solutions. Discrepancies between experimental and theoretical results are analyzed using system potential sensitivity factors

Keywords

electric charge; electrostatic discharge; Maxwell´s technique; accuracy; body energies; body potentials; capacitance coefficients; charge transfer; charge/discharge processes; charged device model; electrostatic discharge; field induced model; ground plane; human body model; potential sensitivity factors; source conductor; sphere model; Biological system modeling; Capacitance; Conductors; Discrete event simulation; Electrostatic discharge; Electrostatic measurements; Fault location; Humans; Industry Applications Society; Maxwell equations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-9994

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/28.245711

Filename

245711