Title :
Grounding personnel via the floor/footwear system
Author :
Gaertner, Reinhold ; Helling, Karl-Heinz ; Biermann, Gerhard ; Brazda, Erich ; Haberhauer, Roland ; Koehl, Wilfried ; Mueller, Richard ; Niggemeier, Werner ; Seder, B.
Author_Institution :
Siemens AG (1) HL FA 4, Balanstr. 73,81617 Munich, Germany
Abstract :
The new international standard dealing with the protection of ESD sensitive devices (IEC 1340-5-1) allows that people working in a standing position are grounded via the system floor/footwear (without using a wrist strap). In this case the resistance to ground RTG should be the same as for wrist straps (< 35 MΩ). This paper shows that normally for walkmg or working in a standing position a value of 109L2 for the resistance to ground of the system floor/footwear is sufficient.
Keywords :
Capacitance; Electrostatic discharge; Footwear; Grounding; IEC standards; Performance evaluation; Personnel; Testing; Voltage; Wrist;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Overstress/Electrostatic Discharge Symposium,1997. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-878303-69-4
DOI :
10.1109/EOSESD.1997.634240