Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) (161)

Static Generation • The Triboelectric Series • Magnitude of Charge • How Much Voltage? • Inductive Coupling • Charge Storage • Human Body Model • Discharge into an Ideal Ground • Effects of ESD • Types of ESD Damage  • Common Myths about ESD • ESD Prevention • ESD Workstation • Typical ESD Protective Station Grounding System • Workstation Grounding with Power • ESD by Induction • Voltage Response vs. Foot Movement • ESD Protection in Equipment Design • Direct Conduction • Less Destructive Current Path • Current Flow • Discharge into an Inductive Ground • Secondary Arcing • Don’t Float Metal Parts • Insulating the Discharge • Bleeding Charge from Plastic Parts • Magnetic Coupling • Electric Coupling • ESD Coupling in Cables • Cable Grounding • Separate Ground Return Lead • Low Impedance Cable Grounding Area • ESD in Ribbon Cables • Common-Mode Choke • Protecting the Circuit or System from Static Discharge • Interface Cables and ESD • Guard Ring