The Low Voltage Electrostatic Discharge on the Contacting Point

Author

Oda, Tetsuji ; Miyasaka, Hiraku ; Ono, Yuto ; Ono, Ryo

Author_Institution

Dept. Electr. Eng. & Inf. Syst., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

4-8 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

A very low voltage electrostatic discharge phenol-menon is analyzed by using a small storage capacitor of 2.2 pF and a small relay. The contact discharge current waveform is analyzed and equivalent parameters such as contact resistance, line inductance and total capacitance, are estimated. By changing the charging voltage of the capacitor, the contact electrostatic discharge is identified as gas-ionization discharge and tunnel current discharge, experimentally. The corrosion effect of the contact electrodes on the electrostatic discharge current and the optical emission are also examined.

Keywords

capacitors; contact resistance; electrostatic discharge; inductance; low-power electronics; capacitance 2.2 pF; contact discharge current waveform; contact resistance; contacting point; corrosion effect; equivalent parameters; gas-ionization discharge; line inductance; low voltage electrostatic discharge; optical emission; phenol-menon; small storage capacitor; tunnel current discharge; Capacitance; Capacitors; Contact resistance; Corrosion; Electrodes; Electrostatic analysis; Electrostatic discharge; Inductance; Low voltage; Relays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 2009. IAS 2009. IEEE

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3475-6

Electronic_ISBN

0197-2618

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.2009.5325175

Filename

5325175