New ANSI ESD standard overcoming the deficiencies of worldwide ESD standards

Author

Rhoades, W. ; Maas, J.

Author_Institution

Xerox Corp., El Segundo, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

24-28 Aug 1998

Firstpage

1078

Abstract

Rationale for a new ESD standard which avoids the inconsistent test results between different ESD simulators which comply with the widely used IEC 1000-4-2 ESD standard is presented. Some of the deficiencies of existing ESD standards are limited control of peak current as a function of precharge voltage, inadequate bandwidth of the calibration target, no specification on the discharge current derivative nor the generated E and H fields, along with variances with the same test setup. Specific ESD test methods and limits are given for consumer product, information technology equipment (ITE) and telecommunication equipment

Keywords

ANSI standards; electrostatic discharge; testing; ANSI ESD standard; ESD simulators; IEC 1000-4-2 ESD standard; calibration target; consumer product; discharge current; generated E field; generated H field; inadequate bandwidth; inconsistent test results; information technology equipment; limited peak current control; precharge voltage; telecommunication equipment; ANSI standards; Bandwidth; Electronics industry; Electrostatic discharge; IEC standards; Magnetic field measurement; Measurement standards; Performance evaluation; Standards development; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility, 1998. 1998 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5015-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEMC.1998.750358

Filename

750358