Does anyone have a suggestion on how to troubleshoot ESD problems? Specifically, I am having a problem with contact discharge to a metal chassis. The first thing that comes to mind would be to check for ground bounce with an oscilloscope when the ESD gun is discharged. For example, I thought of grounding the oscilloscope probe to the ground plane and then probing the circuit ground (which is electrically connected to chassis ground at one point). However, I have been told the ESD gun will probably cause interference with the oscilloscope, e.g. energy coupled into the scope probe, etc.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Allen Tudor, Compliance Engineer PairGain Technologies tel: (919)875-3382 2431-153 Spring Forest Rd. fax: (919)876-1817 Raleigh, NC 27615 email: allen_tu...@pairgain.com --------- 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).
