Title :
Absolute humidity, relative humidity: which is more important in representing severity of electrostatic discharge
Author :
Wan, Fu ; Ge, J.-X. ; Pommerenke, David
Author_Institution :
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Meteorological Observation and Information Processing, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu, People´s Republic of China
Abstract :
Humidity is a very important factor in representing the severity of electrostatic discharge (ESD). Low humidity indicates high risk of ESD problems; high humidity indicates low risk of ESD problems. Both relative humidity and absolute humidity can represent the level of humidity: which one is more important? The reported measurement result shows that relative humidity is more important in the discharge phase. The qualitative analysis is given.
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2013.1766