Hi Gary and the group, When splitting hairs on the testing, keep in mind that the test is nowhere close to a bad case if ESD. So you have to convince yourself that you will have adequate field performance from your customer point of view. Many times this can be done, but not always.
Doug Tel: 702-570-6108 Mobile: 408-858-4528 Email: d...@dsmith.org Sent: from my iPhone On Mar 7, 2013, at 11:34, "McInturff, Gary" <gary.mcintu...@esterline.com> wrote: > Interesting thought. It’s standard for my gun return to run between the HCP > and the ground plane to a connecting point at the rear corner of the ground > plate. Why, It’s just a people oriented convenience that keeps everything out > of the way during test. I’ve never really looked at it at the test facility > but my memory says it does not run between the plates of this capacitor – but > they agree with my results. I’m clueless how the client does it but I’m about > to find out. > > > > I’m also going to find some newer production samples of the EUT and see how > they respond, maybe there is a product change I’m unaware of. > > Thanks > > > > Gary > > > > From: ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen > [mailto:g.grem...@cetest.nl] > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 10:23 AM > To: McInturff, Gary; Ken Wyatt > Cc: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG > Subject: RE: [PSES] test setup for table top ungrounded equipment 61000-4-2 > IEC:2008 figure 6 page 20 > > > > How about the return path of the esd gun ? > > Part of the ESD effect is the H-field during discharge in the ground loop. > > The highest frequencies discharge to the internal “air”capacitor > > (single plate capacitor) in the gun, but eventually a (still high frequency) > current (10Amps or so) > > flows through the ESD gun’s ground cable to the ground plane of the setup. > > A different lay-out of the return cable produces a different loop and EUT > H-field. > > I agree with Douglas that the discharge resistors (if not to parasitic) do > not impact > > the impulses at all. (unless they are SMD ;<)) ). > > > > Gert Gremmen > > > > Van: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] Namens McInturff, Gary > Verzonden: donderdag 7 maart 2013 17:00 > Aan: 'Ken Wyatt' > CC: 'EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG' > Onderwerp: RE: [PSES] test setup for table top ungrounded equipment 61000-4-2 > IEC:2008 figure 6 page 20 > > > > Agree, but nothing I can do about that, so I’m making sure what I can control > is in fact controlled. (It has been tested during earlier development at two > different sites, and different ESD guns with similar result acceptable > results, and in fact margin tested. But by the time it got to the customers > lab I first noticed that they were not actually following the specification. > I pointed that out and they made some corrections per the standard, but I > still think there is a difference. Whether or not the difference is part of > the problem or not is undetermined at this point, but as that part of the > equation can be handled if we just had a definitive definition of setup up so > that we can just not have to worry about that while finding and solving the > root problem. > > Thanks > > Gary > > > > From: Ken Wyatt [mailto:k...@emc-seminars.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 5:36 PM > To: McInturff, Gary > Cc: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG > Subject: Re: [PSES] test setup for table top ungrounded equipment 61000-4-2 > IEC:2008 figure 6 page 20 > > > > Are you both using the same ESD simulator? There's a huge difference between > different brands, with some producing large radiated E-fields. > > Kenneth Wyatt > > Wyatt Technical Services LLC > > Woodland Park, CO > > k...@emc-seminars.com > > www.emc-seminars.com > > (Sent from my iPad) > > > On Mar 6, 2013, at 5:48 PM, "McInturff, Gary" <gary.mcintu...@esterline.com> > wrote: > > The problem is I don’t know if it makes a difference Dan. We certainly were > getting different results from a lab – and I trust the lab itself. But it > didn’t match what I had here nor the results from my normal certification > lab. We tested two units and got the same results, and now the customer uses > yet another lab with different results. Even given the vagrancies of ESD > testing I can’t put my finger on the problem. That’s what got me to verifying > the setup. Incidentally during the original successful tests I actually tried > it both ways, with the bleed cables in parallel, and with the HCP cable > removed – as I suspect should be the case (maybe) and that didn’t make a > difference at that time. > > But as I said I’m trying to eliminate the easy stuff first – test setup, both > mine and the lab that is failing the equipment. > > > > Thanks > > > > Gary > > > > > > Gary > > > > From: Dan Roman [mailto:danp...@verizon.net] > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 4:44 PM > To: McInturff, Gary; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG > Subject: RE: [PSES] test setup for table top ungrounded equipment 61000-4-2 > IEC:2008 figure 6 page 20 > > > > Interesting. I have done the testing with the bleeder cable as described > connected in parallel, not in series with the HCP bleeder. Maybe I was doing > it wrong though? But as you said, it does not make sense—but does it make a > difference? Is it shown as set up that way merely as a closer more > convenient connection to the EUT? Reading the text and ignoring figure 6 > would lead me to believe it was in parallel. > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Dan Roman, N.C.E. > > VP of Communications Services > > IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society > > mailto:dan.ro...@ieee.org > > > > > > > > From: McInturff, Gary [mailto:gary.mcintu...@esterline.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 6:20 PM > To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG > Subject: [PSES] test setup for table top ungrounded equipment 61000-4-2 > IEC:2008 figure 6 page 20 > > > > Ladies and germs > > I was confirming this set-up and found something confusing. > > The picture shows the cable which is used to remove charge from the EUT > between successive ESD discharges and having 2 470k Ohm resistors, the same > basic setup as between HCP and ground plane or VCP and ground plane. Not > surprising, but in looking at the picture it implies that this cable ends up > being in series with the HCP/GP bleeder cable. That would make the series > resistance during discharge to be rough 2 Mohm rather than 1 Mohm. That > doesn’t seem right to me. The reference text doesn’t really what happens to > the hcp discharge cable either. In fact the cable for the VCP would seem to > be placed in parallel with the HCP bleeder cables during indirect contact > discharges to the VCP. I don’t believe that is true either. > > I believe for the VCP setup the HCP cable is disconnected from the HCP and > then hooked up to the VCP. I kind of expected the bleeder cable for the > ungrounded equipment bleeder cable would do the same thing. The HCP cable > removed and it could be used as the EUT bleeder resistor wire as well. > > > > In the first case the bleeder and the HCP bleeder cable appear to be in > series, and in the second the bleeder and the HCP would be in parallel if it > wasn’t disconnected from the HCP. > > > > I do have a pdf of the figure but not allowed to attach to this email. > > > > Thoughts. > > > > Gary McInturff > > Reliability/Compliance Engineer > > > > > > > > > > > > Esterline Interface Technologies > > Featuring > > ADVANCED INPUT, GAMESMAN, LRE MEDICAL, and MEMTRON products > > 600 W. 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