You are quite right! It is particulary important to realize that an actual Electro-Static discharge is not necessary to cause damage to circuits inside a pink poly bag. For example, if a person is highly charged from static but only goes near the bag and there is no actual "zap" - even the Electrostatic Field from that person can cause damage right thru the pink-poly!!. Only a direct shield from the field will prevent this. IE a metallised bag! Tony O'Hara LARCTEC Marketing Colorado
Message text written by John Juhasz >I am having a running debate with regards to the ESD protection properties of those 'pink poly bags' for packaging electronic products. It is my understanding that these 'pink poly bags' DO NOT protect the printed circuits FROM ESD, but merely prevent the generation of static. If the requirement is to protect the printed circuits from an ESD event, the boards should be packaged in the metallized bags. Can anyone clarify/confirm this?? John A. Juhasz Product Qualification & Compliance Engr. Fiber Options, Inc. 80 Orville Dr. Suite 102 Bohemia, NY 11716 USA < --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, j...@gwmail.monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list administrators).
