RE: Defining an ESD Threat

2004-04-15 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
To: drcuthb...@micron.com; george.stu...@watchguard.com; michael.hopk...@thermo.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: Defining an ESD Threat I am willing to let others set the risetime etc. I am mainly interested in determining the total potential and charge associated with a human

Re: Defining an ESD Threat

2004-04-15 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
; george.stu...@watchguard.com; michael.hopk...@thermo.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: Defining an ESD Threat I am willing to let others set the risetime etc. I am mainly interested in determining the total potential and charge associated with a human discharge in this particularly

RE: Defining an ESD Threat

2004-04-15 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
To: drcuthbert; george.stu...@watchguard.com; michael.hopk...@thermo.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: Defining an ESD Threat I am willing to let others set the risetime etc. I am mainly interested in determining the total potential and charge associated with a human discharge

Re: Defining an ESD Threat

2004-04-15 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
@listserv.ieee.org Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:04:01 -0600 To: george.stu...@watchguard.com, michael.hopk...@thermo.com, ken.ja...@emccompliance.com, emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: Defining an ESD Threat You can charge someone up and discharge them into an ESD target. I did this with myself (I

RE: Defining an ESD Threat

2004-04-15 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: Defining an ESD Threat http://esda.org/esdbasics1.htm and ttp://www.rfcafe.com/references/electrical/triboelectric_series.htm give further details of the effect of distance apart on the triboelectric series chart. From: owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org

RE: Defining an ESD Threat

2004-04-15 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Ken, Do you mean human ESD or machine? Dave Cuthbert Micron Technology From: owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org [mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org] On Behalf Of Ken Javor Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:04 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Defining an ESD Threat

Re: Defining an ESD Threat

2004-04-14 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
After looking at the triboelectric series, it seems that the only time a human would charge negatively is after falling off an airplane! Otherwise, you are likely to be positevily charged. Hans Mellberg

RE: Defining an ESD Threat

2004-04-14 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
[mailto:ken.ja...@emccompliance.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:33 PM To: Mike Hopkins; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: Defining an ESD Threat That makes sense, but it only addresses half of the ESD environment question, which is how high a potential can something be charged up

Re: Defining an ESD Threat

2004-04-14 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Subject: RE: Defining an ESD Threat Simple thing to do is take an ESD simulator and try charging some objects in that environment and see if they will hold a charge In high humidity, I'd expect charges to bleed off very quickly on most objects, which is why the ESD threat would be low

RE: Defining an ESD Threat

2004-04-14 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
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RE: Defining an ESD Threat

2004-04-14 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Thermo, committed to integrity, intensity, innovation involvement -Original Message- From: Ken Javor [ mailto:ken.ja...@emccompliance.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 12:04 PM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Defining an ESD Threat Esteemed List Members, I am

Defining an ESD Threat

2004-04-14 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Esteemed List Members, I am working a problem where it would be helpful to define an ESD threat level in a particular high humidity, metallic surroundings environment - expectation is that ESD levels would be much lower than typical. I have a very high level concept of how it might be done,