Title :
A miniature charged plate for testing charge accumulation in hard disk drives
Author :
Noras, M.A. ; Wang, B. ; Nguyen, V.
Author_Institution :
Trek, Inc., Medina, NY, USA
Abstract :
A technique for monitoring electrostatic charge accumulation inside a hard disk drive (HDD) is described: a miniature charged plate is built into the top cover of the HDD, connected to a charged plate monitor. Experiments show that the miniature plate technique can be used for detection and measurement of the voltage induced by the charge generated inside the grounded enclosure of a hard drive.
Keywords :
disc drives; electrostatic discharge; hard discs; voltage measurement; charge accumulation testing; charged plate; electrostatic charge accumulation monitoring; grounded enclosure; hard disk drives; voltage detection; voltage measurement; Assembly; Capacitance measurement; Current measurement; Electrostatics; Hard disks; Information systems; Monitoring; System testing; Voltage measurement; Voltmeters;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Overstress/Electrostatic Discharge Symposium, 2005. EOS/ESD '05.
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
Print_ISBN :
978-1-58537-069-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-58537-069-6
