Greetings: The presentation downloads from the Denver Section IEEE Conference is available on our website at http://www.ieee.org/rmcemc One of the presentations is on ESD gun verification by Ken Wyatt from Agilent. Enjoy! Charles Grasso RMCEMC Chair
From: owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org [mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of Ken Javor Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 12:51 PM To: Kevin Harris; EMC-PSTC (emc-p...@ieee.org) Subject: Re: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations Never done this before, so this is shooting from the hip. If you have a receiver, as opposed to an analyzer, you could, using sufficient attenuation, drive the input directly or using some transducer to measure the spectral signature from dc to daylight right after calibration, and run checks against that for intermediate checks. If you have an analyzer with even rudimentary preselection, you can do the same. Obviously you would have to use the max hold function and run multiple shots. I don't know how fast those things recharge - if it takes a long time that would make this technique impractical. From: Kevin Harris <kevinharr...@dsc.com> Reply-To: Kevin Harris <kevinharr...@dsc.com> List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 11:51:04 -0400 To: "EMC-PSTC (emc-p...@ieee.org)" <emc-p...@ieee.org> Subject: ESD Gun Verification between calibrations Dear Colleagues, We are in the process of moving some of the ESD testing we currently do (as pre-compliance to formal testing at an agency or test house) to formal testing under a laboratory accreditation program. In that regard, the issue of verification of the ESD gun's performance has come up between calibration cycles. Short of spending a lot of coin on a scope with a very fast one shot capture and running the formal calibration test as a method of periodic verification, does anyone have some suggestions for alternative methods that aren't so expensive but would still satisfy an accreditor as being a reasonable approach. Thanks Kind Regards, Kevin Harris Manager, Approvals Group Digital Security Controls 3301 Langstaff Road Concord, Ontario CANADA L4K 4L2 Tel: +1 905 760 3000 Ext. 2378 Fax +1 905 760 3020 Email: kevinharr...@dsc.com
