Control of static charge on personnel in an electronics working area

We presented a report on an appropriate inspection and test method for static control shoes using ithe test procedures described in JIS and EC standards, with the title, "Control of Static Charge on Personnel (Part 1)" at the 5th ESD Symposium of Japan in 1996. The work has continued in this examination of the effect of static dissipative floors for control of static charge on personnel in combination with conductive shoes. It is obvious that both dissipative floor and conductive shoes must be used together to control static charge generation on people. However, much of the industry relies on individual test methods for floors and shoes without considering the performance of the combined materials.